Historical goalie data

[tarheelhockey]

Officially, the NHL only recognizes shot/save stats going back to 1957. This board, and others around the world, have done a lot of work to research and analyze both official and unofficial data from both before and after the 1957 cutoff. This thread will help preserve and consolidate that work.

I'm going to get it rolling, but feel free to post anything I miss. And please remember this thread as a repository for future research.

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[tarheelhockey]

Year-by-Year Data

1926-27 (note: select games were manually tabulated from newspaper summaries)
1926-27 save percentages
Clint Benedict - 21 GP - 719 Shots - 27 GA - 0.962
Hal Winkler - 10 GP - 332 Shots - 14 GA - 0.958
Alex Connell - 29 GP - 982 Shots - 46 GA - 0.953
George Hainsworth - 23 GP - 649 Shots - 32 GA - 0.951
Roy Worters - 10 GP - 401 Shots - 20 GA - 0.950
Lorne Chabot - 10 GP - 362 Shots - 19 GA - 0.948
Herb Stuart - 3 GP - 91 Shots - 5 GA - 0.945
Hugh Lehman - 29 GP - 1207 Shots - 70 GA - 0.942
Jake Forbes - 15 GP - 563 Shots - 34 GA - 0.940
Hap Holmes - 26 GP - 893 Shots - 62 GA - 0.931
John Ross Roach - 13 GP - 544 Shots - 38 GA - 0.930
Flat Walsh - 1 GP - 37 Shots - 3 GA - 0.919
Doc Stewart - 4 GP - 125 Shots - 11 GA - 0.912

1927-28 season (note: official full-season data, released 4/1/28 in the New York Times)
Goalie|Team|Games|Shots|Saves|Percentage
Ironstone|Toronto|1|44|44|1.000
Himes|Americans|1|9|9|1.000
Bailey|Toronto|1|1|1|1.000
Hainsworth|Canadiens|44|1419|1371|.966
Connell|Ottawa|44|1458|1401|.961
Worters|Pittsburgh|44|1711|1635|.956
Winkler|Boston|44|1469|1399|.952
Chabot|Rangers|44|1621|1542|.951
Holmes|Detroit|44|1460|1381|.946
Roach|Toronto|43|1610|1522|.945
Benedict|Maroons|44|1349|1273|.944
Walsh|Maroons|1|18|17|.944
Miller|Americans|28|1162|1085|.934
Forbes|Americans|16|765|714|.933
Gardiner|Chicago|40|1486|1372|.923
Lehman|Chicago|4|145|125|.862

1928-29 season (note: official statistics for the first 3/4ths of the season, released 3/8/29 in the New York Times)
Goalie|Team|Games|Shots|Saves|Percentage
Walsh|MTM-NYA|10|363|355|.978
Worters|Americans|28|1156|1126|.974
Roach|Rangers|33|1313|1271|.968
Hainsworth|Canadiens|33|1132|1093|.967
Dolson|Detroit|33|1302|1257|.965
Thompson|Boston|33|1075|1036|.963
Benedict|Maroons|28|1064|1025|.963
Miller|Pittsburgh|32|1223|1173|.959
Gardiner|Chicago|33|1360|1301|.959
Chabot|Toronto|34|1357|1299|.957
Connell|Ottawa|32|1163|1112|.956
Himes|Americans|1|60|57|.950
Grant|Toronto|1|35|33|.942
Forbes|Americans|1|24|21|.875

1929-30 (note: select games were manually tabulated from newspaper summaries)
1929-30 Save Percentages
Name GA MIN shots Save %
Alex Connell 56 1650 878 0.936
Ben Grant 16 260 158 0.899
Bill Beveridge 13 310 250 0.948
Charlie Gardiner 29 620 372 0.922
Clint Benedict 6 95 54 0.889
Dolly Dolson 5 70 53 0.906
Flat Walsh 16 345 221 0.928
George Hainsworth 18 470 284 0.937
Jake Forbes 1 70 37 0.973
Joe Miller 43 630 413 0.896
John Ross Roach 58 1400 816 0.929
Lorne Chabot 30 600 395 0.924
Roy Worters 62 1230 656 0.905
Tiny Thompson 19 440 250 0.924

1930-31 thru 1934-35
1930-31 Goalie Stats
1931-32 Goalie Stats
1932-33 Goalie Stats
1933-34 Goalie Stats
1934-35 Goalie Stats
(discussions preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

1957-58
1957-58 Save Percentages
team - name - shots - goals - save %
BOS Wilson 24 1 0.958
NYR Worsley 1214 86 0.929
MON Plante 1550 119 0.923
BOS Simmons 1127 94 0.917
MON Hodge 352 31 0.912
BOS Lumley 777 70 0.910
MON Broderick 22 2 0.909
NYR Paille 1119 102 0.909
CHI Hall 2187 202 0.908
DET Sawchuk 2203 207 0.906
TOR Chadwick 2143 226 0.895
BOS Evans 35 4 0.886
BOS Millar 192 25 0.870
MON Aiken 20 6 0.700

1967-68 to 1978-79
Save percentages, 1967-68 to 1978-79
(discussion preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

1968-69
1968-69 Save Percentages
team - name - shots - goals - save %
STL Edwards 2 0 1.000
BOS Junkin 4 0 1.000
STL Plante 1174 70 0.940
STL Ouimet 31 2 0.935
STL Hall 1187 85 0.928
PHI Parent 2021 154 0.924
NYR Villemure 114 9 0.921
MON Worsley 801 64 0.920
DET Edwards 1046 90 0.914
NYR Simmons 103 9 0.913
DET Sawchuk 320 28 0.913
TOR Gamble 1870 164 0.912
BOS Cheevers 1658 146 0.912
NYR Giacomin 1998 178 0.911
TOR Bower 412 37 0.910
PIT Edwards 33 3 0.909
TOR Smith A 176 16 0.909
MON Esposito 394 36 0.909
CHI Dejordy 1694 156 0.908
PIT Daley 945 89 0.906
OAK Smith 1557 149 0.904
MINS Maniago 2080 200 0.904
CHI Dryden 820 80 0.902
MON Vachon 996 98 0.902
PIT Binkley 1614 160 0.901
PHI Favell 716 71 0.901
BOS Johnston 723 75 0.896
LAK Desjardins 1850 193 0.896
DET Crozier 982 103 0.895
LAK Rutledge 482 57 0.882
OAK Hodge 404 48 0.881
OAK Worthy 454 54 0.881
MINS Bauman 160 22 0.863
MINS Rivard 339 48 0.858
MON Wakely 27 4 0.852
LAK Caron 67 10 0.851
CHI Norris 64 10 0.844
STL Irons 0 0 -

1969-70, 1977-78 thru 1981-82
Unofficial save percentages for '69-'70 and '76-'77 thru to '81-'82
(discussion preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

1971-72 thru 1974-75
Save percentages: 1971-72 through 1974-75
(discussion preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

1975-76
team - name - shots - goals - save %
PHI Inness 60 3 0.950
NYI Resch 1215 89 0.927
MON Dryden 1654 124 0.925
KC Oleschuk 52 4 0.923
STL Gratton 140 11 0.921
VAN Ridley 227 19 0.916
ATLF Bouchard 1268 115 0.909
PHI Stephenson 1788 166 0.907
MON Larocque 536 50 0.907
PHI Parent 257 24 0.907
NYI Smith 1066 101 0.905
STL Staniowski 337 33 0.902
CHI Esposito 2059 202 0.902
MINS Maniago 1520 151 0.901
BOS Cheevers 421 42 0.900
TOR Thomas 1959 201 0.897
VAN Lockett 771 84 0.891
LAK Vachon 1467 161 0.890
PIT Plasse 1616 179 0.889
BUF Desjardins 1462 162 0.889
DET Giacomin 909 101 0.889
BUF Crozier 241 27 0.888
BOS Gilbert 1342 151 0.887
KC Herron 2202 249 0.887
CALI Meloche 1254 143 0.886
CALI Simmons 1181 135 0.886
DET Rutherford 1382 162 0.883
STL Belanger 971 115 0.882
ATLF Myre 1029 122 0.881
BUF Smith 371 44 0.881
VAN Smith 1412 169 0.880
PHI Taylor 125 15 0.880
PIT Inness 691 83 0.880
NYR Davidson 1765 213 0.879
TOR Mcrae 480 60 0.875
BOS Reece 351 44 0.875
LAK Edwards 827 104 0.874
MINS Lopresti 967 123 0.873
STL Johnston 1013 131 0.871
NYR Wilson 554 77 0.861
DET Mcduffe 155 22 0.858
WAS Belhumeur 228 33 0.855
NYR Soetaert 165 24 0.855
CHI Villemure 405 59 0.854
WAS Low 1422 211 0.852
KC Mckenzie 638 98 0.846
PIT Taylor 50 8 0.840
PIT Laxton 206 33 0.840
MINS Harrison 172 29 0.831
DET Grant Do 45 8 0.822
NYR Giacomin 98 19 0.806
DET Richardson 36 7 0.806
BUF Bromley 34 7 0.794
TOR Favell 70 15 0.786
PHI Mrazek 2 1 0.500

1978-79
1978-79 NHL save percentages
1. G. Resch (NYI) .914
2. K. Dryden (Mtl) .909
3. M. Palmateer (Tor) .909
4. T. Esposito (Chi) .901
5. B. Smith (NYI) .900
6. D. Edwards (Buf) .898
7. G. Hanlon (Van) .897
8. B. Parent (Phi) .893
9. D. Herron (Pit) .892
10. M. Lessard (LA) .891
11. M. Larocque (Mtl) .888
12. D. Bouchard (Atl) .888
13. G. Meloche (Min) .884
14. J. Rutherford (Det) .884
15. G. Inness (Wsh) .880
16. B. Oleschuk (Col) .877
17. B. Sauve (Buf) .876
18. E. Staniowski (Stl) .876
19. G. Bromley (Van) .875
20. J. Davidson (NYR) .874
21. M. Plasse (Col) .870
22. W. Stephenson (Phi) .870
23. W. Thomas (NYR) .867
24. G. Cheevers (Bos) .865
25. P. Myre (Stl) .865
26. J. Bedard (Wsh) .863
27. R. Vachon (Det) .863
28. R. Grahame (LA) .863
NHL Average: .883



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[tarheelhockey]

Analysis

Estimating the effect of the numbers of shots faced on save percentage

Playoff Save Percentage vs. Average Opponent Shooting Percentage

Top Performances - Stanley Cup Winners
1. Patrick Roy, 1993 (+.057)
2. Patrick Roy, 1986 (+.049)
3. Grant Fuhr, 1984 (+.044)
4. Martin Brodeur, 1995 (+.039)
4. Patrick Roy, 2001 (+.039)
6. Patrick Roy, 1996 (+.037)
7. Bill Ranford, 1990 (+.036)
8. Jonathan Quick, 2012 (+.035)
9. Tim Thomas, 2011 (+.033)
10. Martin Brodeur, 2000 (+.032)

Top Performances - Stanley Cup Losers
1. Pelle Lindbergh, 1985 (+.053)
2. John Vanbiesbrouck, 1996 (+.049)
3. Patrick Roy, 1989 (+.043)
3. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 2003 (+.043)
3. Tuukka Rask, 2013 (+.043)
6. Dominik Hasek, 1999 (+.041)
7. Billy Smith, 1984 (+.040)
8. Ron Hextall, 1987 (+.038)
8. Kirk McLean, 1994 (+.038)
10. Olaf Kolzig, 1998 (+.035)
10. Arturs Irbe, 2002 (+.035)

Adjusted Save Percentage Leaders, 1959-2019

Adjusted save percentage (regular season, 1956-2018)

Player	Min	SA	Saves	Sv%
Ken Dryden*	24,105	11,301	10,559	93.4%
Dominik Hasek*	44,465	22,090	20,434	92.5%
Tony Esposito*	54,387	27,782	25,613	92.2%
Patrick Roy*	62,369	30,475	28,036	92.0%
Bernie Parent*	37,214	18,100	16,650	92.0%
Johnny Bower*	31,983	16,202	14,885	91.9%
Billy Smith*	39,460	19,617	17,988	91.7%
Glenn Resch	33,023	16,442	15,066	91.6%
Jacques Plante*	51,842	24,846	22,758	91.6%
Tim Thomas	24,448	13,037	11,932	91.5%
Pete Peeters	28,397	12,737	11,644	91.4%
Roberto Luongo	60,726	32,259	29,480	91.4%
Tuukka Rask	29,898	14,424	13,178	91.4%
Glenn Hall*	61,347	29,793	27,213	91.3%
Don Edwards	26,797	13,100	11,965	91.3%
Tomas Vokoun	40,424	21,541	19,670	91.3%
John Vanbiesbrouck	52,351	26,207	23,927	91.3%
Henrik Lundqvist	52,045	25,759	23,512	91.3%
Ben Bishop	21,736	10,574	9,647	91.2%
Dan Bouchard	38,978	19,112	17,435	91.2%
Guy Hebert	29,289	15,905	14,508	91.2%
Reggie Lemelin	28,584	14,100	12,858	91.2%
Mike Palmateer	20,586	10,904	9,943	91.2%
Sergei Bobrovsky	27,943	14,115	12,870	91.2%
Ed Belfour*	57,444	26,554	24,203	91.1%
Kelly Hrudey	39,839	21,428	19,530	91.1%
Cory Schneider	23,793	11,780	10,735	91.1%
Doug Favell	21,789	11,767	10,722	91.1%
Denis Herron	26,221	14,567	13,271	91.1%
Andy Moog	41,852	20,260	18,457	91.1%
Daren Puppa	25,373	12,592	11,471	91.1%
Gump Worsley*	49,640	26,383	24,024	91.1%
Curtis Joseph	55,370	28,577	26,022	91.1%
Carey Price	38,381	19,303	17,577	91.1%
Glen Hanlon	26,624	13,717	12,490	91.1%
Pekka Rinne	37,846	18,382	16,737	91.1%
Martin Brodeur*	77,173	34,261	31,192	91.0%
Braden Holtby	25,565	12,905	11,747	91.0%
Mike Liut	39,049	19,221	17,493	91.0%
Corey Crawford	27,027	13,252	12,059	91.0%
Manny Legace	20,140	9,598	8,731	91.0%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	34,360	17,413	15,838	91.0%
Ron Hextall	36,280	17,287	15,720	90.9%
Ryan Miller	45,666	23,825	21,662	90.9%
Mike Richter	39,612	20,814	18,924	90.9%
Tom Barrasso	44,707	22,746	20,676	90.9%
Jaroslav Halak	28,705	14,125	12,836	90.9%
Sean Burke	48,252	25,236	22,932	90.9%
Pat Riggin	20,324	9,508	8,640	90.9%
Rick Wamsley	23,668	11,006	9,999	90.8%
Devan Dubnyk	29,432	14,898	13,533	90.8%
Niklas Backstrom	25,158	12,385	11,249	90.8%
Felix Potvin	38,130	19,509	17,715	90.8%
Jon Casey	24,072	11,552	10,488	90.8%
Bob Essensa	24,247	12,396	11,251	90.8%
Evgeni Nabokov	41,905	20,067	18,211	90.7%
Miikka Kiprusoff	37,121	18,032	16,363	90.7%
Craig Anderson	35,864	19,493	17,686	90.7%
Martin Biron	28,852	14,704	13,340	90.7%
Marc-Andre Fleury	47,393	23,451	21,273	90.7%
Jeff Hackett	28,396	14,690	13,325	90.7%
Don Beaupre	39,400	19,723	17,890	90.7%
Jimmy Howard	31,118	15,314	13,890	90.7%
Rogie Vachon*	48,315	22,707	20,595	90.7%
Jonas Hiller	23,662	11,877	10,771	90.7%
Semyon Varlamov	27,052	14,321	12,988	90.7%
Marty Turco	30,957	13,948	12,648	90.7%
Kari Lehtonen	38,245	19,952	18,082	90.6%
Cesare Maniago	34,660	18,489	16,754	90.6%
Jonathan Quick	36,608	16,759	15,186	90.6%
Ilya Bryzgalov	28,178	14,014	12,697	90.6%
Mike Dunham	21,653	11,560	10,472	90.6%
Jose Theodore	37,150	19,172	17,364	90.6%
Olaf Kolzig	42,180	21,693	19,643	90.6%
Nikolai Khabibulin	47,042	24,182	21,893	90.5%
Stephane Fiset	23,045	12,228	11,070	90.5%
Gerry Cheevers*	25,882	12,193	11,036	90.5%
Dwayne Roloson	34,297	17,615	15,941	90.5%
Ed Giacomin*	38,414	17,759	16,069	90.5%
Chris Osgood	43,281	20,053	18,144	90.5%
Brian Elliott	25,384	11,931	10,795	90.5%
Mike Smith	34,062	17,482	15,817	90.5%
Chris Terreri	22,989	11,069	10,015	90.5%
Gilles Meloche	46,706	24,376	22,053	90.5%
Grant Fuhr*	50,119	25,187	22,783	90.5%
Jocelyn Thibault	33,493	16,995	15,372	90.5%
Antti Niemi	28,093	13,718	12,407	90.4%
Tommy Salo	30,690	14,832	13,401	90.3%
Byron Dafoe	23,605	11,749	10,614	90.3%
Bruce Gamble	20,523	11,095	10,023	90.3%
Bob Sauve	24,254	11,245	10,157	90.3%
Steve Mason	27,719	14,090	12,725	90.3%
Trevor Kidd	23,135	11,693	10,561	90.3%
Roger Crozier	31,600	15,680	14,161	90.3%
Ron Tugnutt	29,863	15,075	13,611	90.3%
Patrick Lalime	25,241	12,064	10,892	90.3%
Arturs Irbe	33,375	16,589	14,975	90.3%
Mike Vernon	46,128	21,228	19,160	90.3%
Charlie Hodge	22,470	10,311	9,304	90.2%
Glenn Healy	25,079	12,620	11,387	90.2%
Cam Ward	40,976	20,617	18,600	90.2%
Terry Sawchuk*	42,551	20,631	18,609	90.2%
Richard Brodeur	22,450	11,138	10,041	90.1%
Ken Wregget	33,546	17,951	16,179	90.1%
Greg Millen	36,181	18,318	16,504	90.1%
Brian Hayward	20,446	10,000	9,009	90.1%
Gilles Gilbert	24,385	11,247	10,129	90.1%
Bill Ranford	37,668	19,440	17,506	90.0%
Kirk McLean	36,938	18,168	16,352	90.0%
Gary Smith	31,086	16,004	14,400	90.0%
Phil Myre	26,023	13,068	11,756	90.0%
Peter Budaj	20,681	9,767	8,784	89.9%
Ondrej Pavelec	24,110	12,556	11,288	89.9%
Tim Cheveldae	20,376	10,191	9,147	89.8%
Johan Hedberg	21,543	10,682	9,578	89.7%
Eddie Johnston	37,558	18,691	16,754	89.6%
Jim Rutherford	26,737	13,320	11,899	89.3%
Ron Low	21,038	11,361	10,100	88.9%

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[Theokritos]

Added to the Sources & Resources sticky.

As you can see above, HFBoards has historically struggled to preserve data that is formatted in anything other than simple text. If other data is posted here, I strongly recommend posting it in simple text.

Can't argue with that. I personally still like to use tables, but I've started copying and saving bigger pieces of coded content in Word documents, so that everything can be restored quickly if another worst case scenario came to be.

Same goes for links to other threads, as these have also been broken historically.

Weren't the links broken due to a change in the site name? If that happened again in the future, posting un-formatted links wouldn't help either.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Thanks for adding to the sticky!

Weren't the links broken due to a change in the site name? If that happened again in the future, posting un-formatted links wouldn't help either.

At least the un-formatted links give us an idea of what the thread title was. With current HF software, an embedded broken link gives us only a thread ID number which kicks to an error page. Here's an example of how embedding a link into text can leave us with nothing useful to follow.

The only reason I was able to find the 1930-35 threads linked above, was that @BM67 linked them in such a way that the title is still visible. That allowed me to go back and search for the thread title.

 

[quoipourquoi]

1967-2017 EvE Analysis:

I have compiled an error rate vs. expectation report for every individual playoff run from a goaltender who played in 3 or 4 rounds in the post-1967 expansion NHL. Error Rate vs. Expectation (EvE) measures a goaltender's error rate in a playoff round (GA/SA) against an opponent's regular season shooting percentage to determine how much a goaltender allows relative to what the opponent would be expected to score. Rounds are then weighted based upon shots allowed for a cumulative statistic that reads as a percentage, with 100% being what a league average goaltender would be expected to allow.

The ultimate goal is to present a rough ranking for separate categories:

Three-Round Goaltenders
This category is primarily Finalists from 1968-1979, as well as Conference Finalists from 1980-2017. These goaltenders played no other playoff hockey, and their generally smaller sample size may allow for greater fluctuation of their error rate vs. expectation, either positively or negatively. Not represented in this report are goaltenders from the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, the 1981 Calgary Flames, or the 1987 Montreal Canadiens, as the primary goaltenders on these Conference Finalists did not play in 3 playoff rounds. Included, however, are goaltenders who played in the 1975-1979 preliminary round while making it to the Semifinals.

Player	Year	R1 SV	R1 SA	R1 SV%	R1 OPP	R1 EvE	R2 SV	R2 SA	R2 SV%	R2 OPP	R2 EvE	R3 SV	R3 SA	R3 SV%	R3 OPP	R3 EvE	SA	EvE
Gump Worsley	1968	98	106	0.925	0.105	71.90%	97	103	0.942	0.099	58.80%	84	91	0.923	0.08	96.15%	300	74.80%
Glenn Hall	1968	182	196	0.929	0.092	77.60%	168	188	0.894	0.09	118.20%	140	151	0.927	0.102	71.42%	535	90.10%
Rogie Vachon	1969	22	25	0.88	0.081	148.20%	119	125	0.952	0.117	41.00%	104	107	0.972	0.094	29.83%	257	46.80%
Jacques Plante	1969	105	108	0.972	0.08	34.70%	103	108	0.954	0.076	60.90%	56	62	0.903	0.099	97.75%	278	59.00%
Gerry Cheevers	1970	165	177	0.932	0.09	75.30%	99	109	0.908	0.102	89.90%	93	100	0.93	0.09	77.78%	386	80.10%
Glenn Hall	1970	81	90	0.9	0.096	104.20%	54	58	0.931	0.076	90.70%	70	78	0.897	0.096	106.84%	226	101.60%
Tony Esposito	1971	124	132	0.939	0.085	71.30%	228	242	0.942	0.093	62.20%	188	208	0.904	0.114	84.35%	582	72.20%
Ken Dryden	1971	260	285	0.912	0.126	69.60%	178	196	0.908	0.079	116.30%	210	228	0.921	0.115	68.65%	709	82.20%
Ed Giacomin	1972	149	163	0.914	0.117	73.40%	25	27	0.926	0.112	66.10%	75	86	0.872	0.126	101.51%	276	81.50%
Gerry Cheevers	1972	71	77	0.922	0.083	93.90%	64	69	0.928	0.081	89.50%	91	101	0.901	0.113	87.62%	247	90.10%
Ken Dryden	1973	211	227	0.93	0.103	68.40%	141	154	0.916	0.113	74.70%	138	159	0.868	0.122	108.26%	540	82.00%
Tony Esposito	1973	97	101	0.96	0.088	45.00%	152	162	0.938	0.11	56.10%	157	189	0.831	0.132	128.27%	452	83.80%
Bernie Parent	1974	101	107	0.944	0.09	62.30%	208	224	0.929	0.118	60.50%	180	193	0.933	0.132	51.03%	524	57.40%
Gilles Gilbert	1974	146	155	0.942	0.101	57.50%	145	164	0.884	0.127	91.20%	154	169	0.911	0.103	86.17%	488	78.80%
Glenn Resch	1975	37	45	0.822	0.118	150.70%	124	128	0.969	0.118	26.50%	175	188	0.931	0.109	63.44%	361	61.20%
Bernie Parent	1975	92	98	0.939	0.102	60.00%	96	108	0.889	0.112	99.20%	164	175	0.937	0.12	52.38%	381	67.60%
Gerry Desjardins	1975	96	106	0.906	0.108	87.40%	88	106	0.83	0.146	116.30%	87	102	0.853	0.109	134.92%	314	112.60%
Ken Dryden	1976	107	110	0.973	0.108	25.30%	135	148	0.912	0.122	72.00%	83	92	0.902	0.116	84.33%	350	60.60%
Glenn Resch	1976	58	62	0.935	0.114	56.60%	18	22	0.818	0.125	145.50%	100	110	0.909	0.123	73.91%	194	76.50%
Ken Dryden	1977	101	105	0.962	0.1	38.10%	114	126	0.905	0.122	78.10%	87	93	0.935	0.13	49.63%	324	57.00%
Billy Smith	1977	32	35	0.914	0.106	80.90%	132	142	0.93	0.119	59.20%	117	131	0.893	0.137	78.01%	308	69.70%
Gerry Cheevers	1977	96	116	0.828	0.111	155.30%	113	121	0.934	0.128	51.70%	74	90	0.822	0.137	129.76%	327	109.90%
Mike Palmateer	1978	44	47	0.936	0.097	65.80%	205	218	0.94	0.134	44.50%	114	130	0.877	0.137	89.84%	395	62.00%
Ken Dryden	1978	112	122	0.918	0.111	73.80%	79	85	0.929	0.114	61.90%	141	154	0.916	0.137	61.62%	361	65.80%
Bernie Parent	1978	32	35	0.914	0.107	80.10%	130	141	0.922	0.116	67.30%	111	130	0.854	0.137	106.68%	306	85.50%
Gerry Cheevers	1978	38	43	0.884	0.098	118.70%	90	102	0.882	0.112	105.00%	139	157	0.885	0.137	83.69%	302	95.90%
Ken Dryden	1979	120	130	0.923	0.109	70.60%	162	182	0.89	0.141	77.90%	83	94	0.883	0.128	91.42%	406	78.70%
Bob Sauve	1980	45	46	0.978	0.11	19.80%	63	69	0.913	0.1	87.00%	106	116	0.914	0.127	67.88%	231	64.00%
Gilles Meloche	1980	12	13	0.923	0.117	65.80%	205	226	0.907	0.13	71.50%	44	56	0.786	0.121	177.10%	295	91.30%
Steve Baker	1981	103	114	0.904	0.151	63.90%	132	154	0.857	0.145	98.50%	91	113	0.805	0.147	132.44%	381	98.20%
Dan Bouchard	1982	146	162	0.901	0.133	74.30%	62	67	0.925	0.134	55.70%	113	130	0.869	0.156	83.83%	359	74.30%
Murray Bannerman	1982	99	111	0.892	0.131	82.50%	109	124	0.879	0.128	94.50%	64	72	0.889	0.118	94.16%	307	90.10%
Pete Peeters	1983	98	106	0.925	0.148	51.00%	174	197	0.883	0.132	88.50%	148	178	0.831	0.124	135.92%	481	97.80%
Murray Bannerman	1983	82	89	0.921	0.114	69.00%	82	93	0.882	0.125	94.60%	42	56	0.75	0.159	157.23%	238	99.80%
Steve Penney	1984	74	76	0.974	0.14	18.80%	143	156	0.917	0.157	53.10%	106	123	0.862	0.147	94.02%	355	59.90%
Don Beaupre	1984	66	72	0.917	0.113	73.80%	201	218	0.922	0.121	64.50%	73	90	0.811	0.171	110.46%	380	77.10%
Mario Gosselin	1985	90	104	0.865	0.126	106.80%	162	185	0.876	0.128	97.10%	165	182	0.907	0.132	70.76%	471	89.10%
Murray Bannerman	1985	85	91	0.934	0.138	47.80%	214	242	0.884	0.107	108.10%	173	211	0.82	0.155	116.19%	544	101.20%
Greg Millen	1986	65	71	0.915	0.127	66.50%	190	205	0.927	0.124	59.00%	43	51	0.843	0.128	122.55%	327	70.60%
John Vanbiesbrouck	1986	150	163	0.92	0.123	64.80%	148	170	0.871	0.13	99.60%	130	144	0.903	0.14	69.44%	477	78.60%
Greg Stefan	1987	79	82	0.963	0.113	32.40%	27	38	0.711	0.119	243.30%	119	129	0.922	0.158	49.06%	249	73.20%
Sean Burke	1988	148	164	0.902	0.127	76.80%	154	174	0.885	0.114	100.80%	155	176	0.881	0.116	102.86%	514	93.90%
Greg Stefan	1988	65	73	0.89	0.113	97.00%	76	89	0.854	0.122	119.70%	62	73	0.849	0.155	97.22%	235	105.70%
Alain Chevrier	1989	157	175	0.897	0.136	75.60%	140	152	0.921	0.118	66.90%	142	156	0.91	0.128	70.11%	483	71.10%
Ron Hextall	1989	182	201	0.905	0.122	77.50%	136	158	0.861	0.152	91.60%	78	86	0.907	0.128	72.67%	445	81.60%
Greg Millen	1990	130	144	0.903	0.11	88.40%	56	68	0.824	0.126	140.10%	74	88	0.841	0.14	113.64%	300	107.50%
Mike Liut	1990	44	53	0.83	0.12	141.50%	106	118	0.898	0.117	86.90%	44	51	0.863	0.111	123.65%	222	108.40%
Grant Fuhr	1991	191	210	0.91	0.132	68.50%	142	158	0.899	0.141	71.80%	104	120	0.867	0.1	133.33%	488	85.50%
Andy Moog	1991	151	168	0.899	0.103	98.20%	203	220	0.923	0.114	67.80%	155	181	0.856	0.142	101.16%	569	87.40%
Bill Ranford	1992	166	182	0.912	0.119	73.90%	157	171	0.918	0.107	76.50%	110	131	0.84	0.097	165.26%	484	99.50%
Andy Moog	1992	157	177	0.887	0.111	101.80%	94	102	0.922	0.109	72.00%	88	106	0.83	0.135	125.79%	385	100.50%
Felix Potvin	1993	183	212	0.863	0.133	102.90%	202	213	0.948	0.116	44.50%	189	211	0.896	0.118	88.36%	636	78.50%
Glenn Healy	1993	155	174	0.891	0.12	91.00%	183	208	0.88	0.135	89.00%	127	142	0.894	0.122	86.59%	524	89.00%
Martin Brodeur	1994	181	194	0.933	0.119	56.30%	70	78	0.897	0.097	105.70%	242	259	0.934	0.104	63.11%	531	66.90%
Felix Potvin	1994	156	166	0.94	0.1	60.20%	166	187	0.888	0.12	93.60%	152	167	0.91	0.106	84.74%	520	80.10%
Ed Belfour	1995	175	193	0.907	0.089	104.80%	97	103	0.942	0.095	61.30%	170	183	0.929	0.115	61.77%	479	79.00%
Ron Hextall	1995	134	146	0.918	0.102	80.60%	109	119	0.916	0.091	92.30%	152	172	0.884	0.094	123.70%	437	100.80%
Ken Wregget	1996	127	131	0.969	0.095	32.10%	158	172	0.919	0.102	79.80%	20	25	0.8	0.107	186.92%	328	68.90%
Chris Osgood	1996	45	48	0.938	0.114	54.80%	128	139	0.921	0.086	92.00%	116	135	0.859	0.123	114.42%	322	95.90%
Mike Richter	1997	151	161	0.938	0.093	66.80%	178	182	0.978	0.089	24.70%	126	145	0.869	0.104	125.99%	488	68.70%
Patrick Roy	1997	170	183	0.929	0.09	78.90%	164	175	0.937	0.1	62.90%	187	201	0.93	0.093	74.89%	559	72.50%
Dominik Hasek	1998	167	176	0.949	0.103	49.70%	148	158	0.937	0.103	61.50%	167	180	0.928	0.098	73.70%	514	61.70%
Ed Belfour	1998	119	131	0.908	0.097	94.40%	119	123	0.967	0.091	35.70%	130	145	0.897	0.099	104.49%	399	80.00%
Patrick Roy	1999	169	184	0.918	0.091	89.60%	210	224	0.938	0.093	67.20%	219	242	0.905	0.104	91.39%	650	82.50%
Curtis Joseph	1999	180	189	0.952	0.094	50.70%	111	124	0.895	0.116	90.40%	108	127	0.85	0.096	155.84%	440	92.20%
Patrick Roy	2000	107	117	0.915	0.105	81.40%	137	144	0.951	0.106	45.90%	156	170	0.918	0.101	81.54%	431	69.60%
Brian Boucher	2000	116	124	0.935	0.096	67.20%	161	175	0.92	0.113	70.80%	167	185	0.903	0.092	105.76%	484	83.20%
Roman Turek	2001	150	161	0.932	0.096	71.20%	106	112	0.946	0.115	46.60%	95	109	0.872	0.113	113.66%	382	76.10%
Johan Hedberg	2001	151	161	0.938	0.099	62.70%	166	182	0.912	0.099	88.80%	122	139	0.878	0.114	107.28%	482	85.40%
Curtis Joseph	2002	172	193	0.891	0.103	105.60%	188	205	0.917	0.098	84.60%	149	159	0.937	0.092	68.36%	557	87.30%
Patrick Roy	2002	163	176	0.926	0.101	73.10%	169	187	0.904	0.111	86.70%	188	209	0.9	0.099	101.49%	572	87.90%
Patrick Lalime	2003	129	136	0.949	0.092	56.00%	124	134	0.925	0.083	89.90%	162	179	0.905	0.083	114.42%	449	89.40%
Dwayne Roloson	2003	81	91	0.89	0.105	104.70%	118	128	0.922	0.111	70.40%	33	38	0.868	0.09	146.20%	257	93.70%
Evgeni Nabokov	2004	119	127	0.937	0.086	73.30%	158	165	0.958	0.098	43.30%	154	169	0.911	0.089	99.73%	461	72.20%
Robert Esche	2004	146	155	0.942	0.088	66.00%	136	148	0.919	0.107	75.80%	175	195	0.897	0.1	102.56%	498	83.20%
Ilya Bryzgalov	2006	90	93	0.968	0.094	34.30%	117	121	0.967	0.114	29.00%	62	71	0.873	0.102	124.28%	285	54.50%
Ryan Miller	2006	146	159	0.918	0.103	79.40%	156	169	0.923	0.111	69.30%	172	194	0.887	0.112	101.25%	522	84.30%
Dominik Hasek	2007	119	129	0.922	0.114	68.00%	135	144	0.938	0.109	57.30%	156	171	0.912	0.098	89.51%	444	72.80%
Ryan Miller	2007	123	134	0.918	0.098	83.80%	187	200	0.935	0.09	72.20%	141	155	0.91	0.108	83.63%	489	79.00%
Marty Turco	2008	125	137	0.912	0.088	99.50%	175	186	0.941	0.089	66.50%	171	188	0.91	0.089	101.60%	511	88.30%
Martin Biron	2008	198	218	0.908	0.094	97.60%	163	177	0.921	0.108	73.20%	127	145	0.876	0.106	117.11%	540	94.90%
Cam Ward	2009	227	242	0.938	0.088	70.40%	182	199	0.915	0.109	78.40%	118	135	0.874	0.108	116.60%	576	84.00%
Nikolai Khabibulin	2009	160	175	0.914	0.095	90.20%	124	142	0.873	0.104	121.90%	94	104	0.904	0.097	99.13%	421	103.10%
Jaroslav Halak	2010	217	231	0.939	0.116	52.30%	203	219	0.927	0.093	78.60%	99	112	0.884	0.09	128.97%	562	77.80%
Evgeni Nabokov	2010	138	149	0.926	0.104	71.00%	117	132	0.886	0.081	140.30%	114	126	0.905	0.094	101.32%	407	102.90%
Dwayne Roloson	2011	243	256	0.949	0.088	57.70%	123	133	0.925	0.085	88.50%	134	152	0.882	0.091	130.13%	541	85.60%
Antti Niemi	2011	120	139	0.863	0.088	155.30%	229	246	0.931	0.093	74.30%	133	153	0.869	0.098	133.39%	538	112.00%
Mike Smith	2012	229	241	0.95	0.093	53.50%	150	159	0.943	0.103	55.00%	189	202	0.936	0.075	85.81%	602	64.70%
Henrik Lundqvist	2012	205	217	0.945	0.094	58.80%	166	179	0.927	0.095	76.50%	145	158	0.918	0.096	85.71%	554	72.20%
Jonathan Quick	2013	167	177	0.944	0.093	60.80%	195	205	0.951	0.076	64.20%	122	136	0.897	0.1	102.94%	518	73.20%
Tomas Vokoun	2013	66	69	0.957	0.091	47.80%	159	170	0.935	0.07	92.40%	97	106	0.915	0.082	103.54%	345	86.90%
Carey Price	2014	94	104	0.904	0.095	101.20%	219	234	0.936	0.099	64.80%	16	20	0.8	0.079	253.16%	358	85.90%
Corey Crawford	2014	201	215	0.935	0.1	65.10%	150	162	0.926	0.091	81.40%	187	213	0.878	0.076	160.61%	590	104.10%
Henrik Lundqvist	2015	124	132	0.939	0.084	72.20%	211	223	0.946	0.098	54.90%	194	215	0.902	0.107	91.28%	570	72.60%
Frederik Andersen	2015	109	118	0.924	0.091	83.80%	112	121	0.926	0.105	70.80%	210	233	0.901	0.079	124.95%	472	100.80%
Ben Bishop	2016	152	160	0.95	0.086	58.10%	118	128	0.922	0.094	83.10%	9	9	1	0.089	0.00%	297	67.10%
Brian Elliott	2016	236	254	0.929	0.094	75.40%	183	197	0.929	0.101	70.40%	84	95	0.884	0.095	121.88%	546	81.70%
Craig Anderson	2017	152	165	0.921	0.085	92.70%	186	205	0.907	0.104	89.10%	206	220	0.936	0.101	63.01%	590	80.40%
John Gibson	2017	113	122	0.926	0.093	79.30%	162	181	0.895	0.095	110.50%	153	163	0.939	0.093	65.97%	466	86.80%

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Four-Round Goaltenders
This category is primarily Finalists from 1980-2017. These goaltenders played in every round, and their generally greater sample size may result in less extremes in their error rate vs. expectation, either positively or negatively. Also included in this category is John Davidson from the 1979 New York Rangers, the only goaltender to play in the 1975-1979 preliminary round and make it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Player	Year	R1 SV	R1 SA	R1 SV%	R1 OPP	R1 EvE	R2 SV	R2 SA	R2 SV%	R2 OPP	R2 EvE	R3 SV	R3 SA	R3 SV%	R3 OPP	R3 EvE	R4 SV	R4 SA	R4 SV%	R4 OPP	R4 EvE	SA	EvE
John Davidson	1979	66	68	0.971	0.121	24.30%	146	154	0.948	0.111	46.80%	139	152	0.914	0.156	54.80%	142	161	0.882	0.131	90.10%	535	59.20%
Billy Smith	1980	69	73	0.945	0.125	43.80%	140	154	0.909	0.139	65.40%	136	149	0.913	0.136	64.20%	160	183	0.874	0.121	103.90%	559	74.80%
Pete Peeters	1980	37	41	0.902	0.133	73.40%	136	143	0.951	0.129	37.90%	30	36	0.833	0.124	134.40%	137	157	0.873	0.127	100.30%	377	77.00%
Billy Smith	1981	76	79	0.962	0.117	32.50%	106	121	0.876	0.137	90.50%	86	94	0.915	0.127	67.00%	125	141	0.887	0.113	100.40%	435	78.10%
Gilles Meloche	1981	64	71	0.901	0.136	72.50%	118	132	0.894	0.133	79.70%	137	151	0.907	0.152	61.00%	39	51	0.765	0.147	160.10%	405	81.60%
Richard Brodeur	1982	103	108	0.954	0.142	32.60%	161	175	0.92	0.123	65.00%	167	180	0.928	0.129	56.00%	114	131	0.87	0.156	83.20%	594	60.40%
Billy Smith	1982	105	113	0.929	0.122	58.00%	131	151	0.868	0.138	96.00%	113	122	0.926	0.154	47.90%	102	112	0.911	0.118	75.70%	498	71.00%
Billy Smith	1983	62	68	0.912	0.125	70.60%	106	116	0.914	0.134	64.30%	161	182	0.885	0.133	86.80%	122	128	0.953	0.159	29.50%	494	64.40%
Andy Moog	1983	77	86	0.895	0.122	85.80%	144	157	0.917	0.14	59.10%	110	121	0.909	0.133	68.40%	86	101	0.851	0.124	119.80%	465	79.60%
Grant Fuhr	1984	107	114	0.939	0.132	46.50%	197	221	0.891	0.121	89.70%	71	76	0.934	0.136	48.40%	76	84	0.905	0.147	64.80%	495	69.20%
Billy Smith	1984	130	142	0.915	0.123	68.70%	132	145	0.91	0.122	73.50%	129	141	0.915	0.125	68.10%	122	139	0.878	0.171	71.50%	567	70.50%
Pelle Lindbergh	1985	92	102	0.902	0.124	79.10%	117	126	0.929	0.143	50.00%	151	163	0.926	0.133	55.40%	85	96	0.885	0.155	73.90%	487	62.60%
Grant Fuhr	1985	99	106	0.934	0.133	49.70%	105	116	0.905	0.141	67.30%	141	165	0.855	0.129	112.80%	120	133	0.902	0.132	74.00%	520	79.80%
Patrick Roy	1986	72	78	0.923	0.126	61.10%	145	157	0.924	0.14	54.60%	135	144	0.938	0.11	56.80%	113	125	0.904	0.128	75.00%	504	61.30%
Mike Vernon	1986	84	92	0.913	0.116	75.00%	147	164	0.896	0.161	64.40%	172	193	0.891	0.12	90.70%	118	132	0.894	0.14	75.80%	581	77.40%
Ron Hextall	1987	158	170	0.929	0.124	56.90%	169	185	0.914	0.113	76.50%	167	188	0.888	0.124	90.10%	204	226	0.903	0.158	61.60%	769	71.10%
Grant Fuhr	1987	78	89	0.876	0.129	95.80%	98	107	0.916	0.114	73.80%	97	107	0.907	0.12	77.90%	189	206	0.917	0.129	64.00%	509	74.50%
Reggie Lemelin	1988	95	109	0.872	0.118	108.80%	99	104	0.952	0.124	38.80%	142	160	0.888	0.123	91.50%	47	55	0.855	0.155	93.80%	428	83.40%
Grant Fuhr	1988	126	142	0.887	0.116	97.10%	103	114	0.904	0.149	64.80%	106	122	0.869	0.143	91.70%	80	92	0.87	0.116	112.40%	470	90.90%
Patrick Roy	1989	95	102	0.931	0.122	56.30%	97	107	0.907	0.115	81.30%	125	133	0.94	0.129	46.60%	167	184	0.908	0.128	72.20%	526	64.50%
Mike Vernon	1989	166	183	0.907	0.103	90.20%	84	95	0.884	0.149	77.70%	105	113	0.929	0.113	62.70%	142	158	0.899	0.128	79.10%	549	79.20%
Bill Ranford	1990	186	207	0.899	0.123	82.50%	127	137	0.927	0.143	51.00%	151	171	0.883	0.12	97.50%	148	156	0.949	0.111	46.20%	671	71.40%
Andy Moog	1990	124	135	0.919	0.121	67.30%	125	136	0.919	0.116	69.70%	88	94	0.936	0.117	54.60%	103	119	0.866	0.14	96.00%	484	72.60%
Tom Barrasso	1991	151	168	0.899	0.109	92.80%	97	100	0.97	0.109	27.50%	157	175	0.897	0.119	86.40%	173	186	0.93	0.1	69.90%	629	73.90%
Jon Casey	1991	122	135	0.904	0.111	86.80%	158	174	0.908	0.122	75.40%	99	110	0.9	0.123	81.30%	131	152	0.862	0.142	97.30%	571	85.00%
Ed Belfour	1992	116	130	0.892	0.117	92.00%	96	102	0.941	0.129	45.60%	70	78	0.897	0.133	77.10%	77	88	0.875	0.135	92.60%	398	77.30%
Tom Barrasso	1992	163	186	0.876	0.133	93.00%	187	205	0.912	0.122	72.00%	115	122	0.943	0.101	56.80%	99	109	0.908	0.097	94.60%	622	79.20%
Patrick Roy	1993	190	203	0.936	0.139	46.10%	130	142	0.915	0.125	67.60%	137	147	0.932	0.129	52.70%	144	155	0.929	0.118	60.10%	647	55.70%
Kelly Hrudey	1993	77	93	0.828	0.122	141.00%	148	168	0.881	0.13	91.60%	195	218	0.894	0.113	93.40%	162	177	0.915	0.122	69.50%	656	93.20%
Kirk McLean	1994	203	222	0.914	0.114	75.10%	171	182	0.94	0.112	54.00%	160	169	0.947	0.111	48.00%	227	247	0.919	0.104	77.90%	820	65.60%
Mike Richter	1994	87	90	0.967	0.112	29.80%	114	126	0.905	0.106	89.80%	179	194	0.923	0.115	67.20%	194	213	0.911	0.106	84.20%	623	72.20%
Martin Brodeur	1995	126	131	0.962	0.091	41.90%	132	140	0.943	0.129	44.30%	103	117	0.88	0.114	105.00%	68	75	0.907	0.115	81.20%	463	64.90%
Mike Vernon	1995	104	114	0.912	0.089	98.60%	55	61	0.902	0.112	87.80%	88	99	0.889	0.106	104.80%	82	96	0.854	0.094	155.10%	370	113.10%
John Vanbiesbrouck	1996	163	177	0.921	0.099	79.90%	204	215	0.949	0.111	46.10%	210	224	0.938	0.137	45.60%	108	119	0.908	0.123	75.20%	735	58.80%
Patrick Roy	1996	139	156	0.891	0.112	97.30%	159	173	0.919	0.122	66.30%	153	169	0.905	0.123	77.00%	147	151	0.974	0.107	24.80%	649	66.90%
Mike Vernon	1997	133	145	0.917	0.098	84.40%	123	131	0.939	0.105	58.20%	100	110	0.909	0.106	85.80%	102	108	0.944	0.104	53.40%	494	71.00%
Garth Snow	1997	126	139	0.906	0.118	79.30%	93	103	0.903	0.113	85.90%	29	35	0.829	0.102	168.10%	24	28	0.857	0.093	153.60%	305	98.50%
Olaf Kolzig	1998	226	239	0.946	0.099	54.90%	161	168	0.958	0.08	52.10%	159	170	0.935	0.097	66.70%	150	163	0.92	0.099	80.60%	740	62.60%
Chris Osgood	1998	138	156	0.885	0.099	116.60%	158	171	0.924	0.116	65.50%	152	162	0.938	0.11	56.10%	92	99	0.929	0.098	72.20%	588	77.60%
Dominik Hasek	1999	156	162	0.963	0.095	39.00%	134	146	0.918	0.095	86.50%	75	81	0.926	0.116	63.90%	186	198	0.939	0.104	58.30%	587	60.70%
Ed Belfour	1999	86	93	0.925	0.096	78.40%	163	175	0.931	0.096	71.40%	182	197	0.924	0.104	73.20%	143	152	0.941	0.096	61.70%	617	70.60%
Ed Belfour	2000	102	113	0.903	0.098	99.30%	126	133	0.947	0.1	52.60%	191	204	0.936	0.106	60.10%	187	201	0.93	0.092	75.70%	651	70.20%
Martin Brodeur	2000	98	104	0.942	0.111	52.00%	108	117	0.923	0.114	67.50%	154	169	0.911	0.095	93.40%	138	147	0.939	0.101	60.60%	537	70.80%
Patrick Roy	2001	79	88	0.898	0.098	104.40%	165	175	0.943	0.11	51.90%	170	181	0.939	0.1	60.80%	167	178	0.938	0.114	54.20%	622	62.60%
Martin Brodeur	2001	106	114	0.93	0.096	73.10%	130	148	0.878	0.102	119.20%	92	99	0.929	0.117	60.40%	127	146	0.87	0.113	115.20%	507	96.20%
Arturs Irbe	2002	79	86	0.919	0.084	96.90%	71	75	0.947	0.099	53.90%	152	158	0.962	0.106	35.80%	148	161	0.919	0.099	81.60%	480	64.90%
Dominik Hasek	2002	131	146	0.897	0.109	94.30%	118	128	0.922	0.095	82.20%	155	168	0.923	0.094	82.30%	113	120	0.942	0.092	63.40%	562	81.40%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2003	165	171	0.965	0.11	31.90%	189	202	0.936	0.099	65.00%	122	123	0.992	0.095	8.60%	183	201	0.91	0.083	107.90%	697	59.30%
Martin Brodeur	2003	126	134	0.94	0.093	64.20%	129	137	0.942	0.091	64.20%	178	191	0.932	0.108	63.00%	148	160	0.925	0.09	83.30%	622	68.80%
Miikka Kiprusoff	2004	190	206	0.922	0.099	78.50%	176	187	0.941	0.103	57.10%	136	147	0.925	0.095	78.80%	157	170	0.924	0.1	76.50%	710	72.40%
Nikolai Khabibulin	2004	137	141	0.972	0.101	28.10%	126	133	0.947	0.092	57.20%	162	179	0.905	0.095	100.00%	157	171	0.918	0.089	92.00%	624	72.40%
Dwayne Roloson	2006	221	238	0.929	0.108	66.10%	163	175	0.931	0.107	64.10%	170	182	0.934	0.097	68.00%	19	23	0.826	0.112	155.30%	618	69.40%
Cam Ward	2006	125	133	0.94	0.098	61.40%	100	109	0.917	0.097	85.10%	128	142	0.901	0.11	89.60%	184	200	0.92	0.102	78.40%	584	78.50%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2007	30	31	0.968	0.093	34.70%	147	155	0.948	0.09	57.30%	149	164	0.909	0.091	100.50%	90	101	0.891	0.108	100.80%	451	81.20%
Ray Emery	2007	100	110	0.909	0.113	80.50%	137	148	0.926	0.088	84.50%	113	123	0.919	0.123	66.10%	108	124	0.871	0.098	131.70%	505	90.70%
Chris Osgood	2008	53	54	0.981	0.094	19.70%	96	105	0.914	0.095	90.20%	119	129	0.922	0.108	71.80%	132	142	0.93	0.106	66.40%	430	68.00%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2008	107	112	0.955	0.104	42.90%	133	144	0.924	0.079	96.70%	124	132	0.939	0.104	58.30%	205	222	0.923	0.089	86.00%	610	74.60%
Chris Osgood	2009	103	110	0.936	0.093	68.40%	176	193	0.912	0.096	91.80%	138	148	0.932	0.097	69.70%	173	186	0.93	0.108	64.70%	637	74.70%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2009	178	193	0.922	0.107	72.60%	158	180	0.878	0.098	124.70%	109	118	0.924	0.088	86.70%	178	195	0.913	0.097	89.90%	686	93.60%
Antti Niemi	2010	151	164	0.921	0.087	91.10%	150	167	0.898	0.106	96.00%	129	136	0.949	0.099	52.00%	157	178	0.882	0.09	131.10%	645	95.20%
Tim Thomas	2011	212	229	0.926	0.082	90.50%	142	149	0.953	0.098	47.90%	206	225	0.916	0.093	90.80%	238	246	0.967	0.098	33.20%	849	66.50%
Roberto Luongo	2011	158	175	0.903	0.096	101.20%	153	164	0.933	0.09	74.50%	176	189	0.931	0.086	80.00%	163	183	0.891	0.091	120.10%	711	94.30%
Jonathan Quick	2012	164	172	0.953	0.093	50.00%	96	102	0.941	0.082	71.70%	124	132	0.939	0.086	70.50%	125	132	0.947	0.096	55.20%	538	60.40%
Martin Brodeur	2012	166	180	0.922	0.081	96.00%	123	134	0.918	0.098	83.80%	153	165	0.927	0.095	76.60%	135	150	0.9	0.075	133.30%	629	97.20%
Tuukka Rask	2013	216	234	0.923	0.115	66.90%	147	157	0.936	0.085	74.90%	134	136	0.985	0.113	13.00%	218	234	0.932	0.1	68.40%	761	59.40%
Corey Crawford	2013	132	139	0.95	0.085	59.20%	184	198	0.929	0.084	84.20%	127	137	0.927	0.092	79.30%	185	200	0.925	0.082	91.50%	674	80.20%
Henrik Lundqvist	2014	158	172	0.919	0.094	86.60%	204	217	0.94	0.099	60.50%	142	154	0.922	0.09	86.60%	179	194	0.923	0.076	101.70%	737	82.90%
Jonathan Quick	2014	222	243	0.914	0.084	102.90%	163	178	0.916	0.102	82.60%	184	207	0.889	0.096	115.70%	136	146	0.932	0.079	86.70%	774	98.60%
Corey Crawford	2015	51	60	0.85	0.086	174.40%	124	131	0.947	0.09	59.40%	243	264	0.92	0.093	85.50%	151	161	0.938	0.107	58.00%	616	81.40%
Ben Bishop	2015	153	166	0.922	0.095	82.40%	156	166	0.94	0.092	65.50%	174	193	0.902	0.096	102.50%	133	144	0.924	0.079	96.70%	669	87.10%
Matt Murray	2016	85	89	0.955	0.1	44.90%	187	202	0.926	0.099	75.00%	132	146	0.904	0.093	103.10%	127	138	0.92	0.095	83.90%	575	79.60%
Martin Jones	2016	114	125	0.912	0.085	103.50%	200	217	0.922	0.089	88.00%	126	137	0.92	0.089	90.20%	191	205	0.932	0.089	76.70%	684	87.90%
Pekka Rinne	2017	123	126	0.976	0.096	24.80%	151	162	0.932	0.1	67.90%	172	186	0.925	0.091	82.70%	111	125	0.888	0.101	110.90%	599	72.40%

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Rounds 1-3 from Four-Round Goaltenders
This category takes the entire list of Four-Round Goaltenders and isolates the first 3 rounds, removing performance in the Stanley Cup Finals. This presents a comparable sample size to the Three-Round Goaltenders, and because error rate vs. expectation is a measurement that can either increase or decrease with additional play, gives an opportunity for evaluating performance up to an equivalent point without requiring an additional round of statistical maintenance. More than that, for 1983-2017 goaltenders, this captures their performance in the Conference playoffs, which may hold value to some. Also included is Marc-Andre Fleury from the 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins, who did not play in the fourth round.

Player	Year	R1 SV	R1 SA	R1 SV%	R1 OPP	R1 EvE	R2 SV	R2 SA	R2 SV%	R2 OPP	R2 EvE	R3 SV	R3 SA	R3 SV%	R3 OPP	R3 EvE	SA	EvE
John Davidson	1979	66	68	0.971	0.121	24.30%	146	154	0.948	0.111	46.80%	139	152	0.914	0.156	54.80%	374	46.00%
Pete Peeters	1980	37	41	0.902	0.133	73.40%	136	143	0.951	0.129	37.90%	30	36	0.833	0.124	134.40%	220	60.30%
Billy Smith	1980	69	73	0.945	0.125	43.80%	140	154	0.909	0.139	65.40%	136	149	0.913	0.136	64.20%	376	60.70%
Billy Smith	1981	76	79	0.962	0.117	32.50%	106	121	0.876	0.137	90.50%	86	94	0.915	0.127	67.00%	294	67.40%
Gilles Meloche	1981	64	71	0.901	0.136	72.50%	118	132	0.894	0.133	79.70%	137	151	0.907	0.152	61.00%	354	70.30%
Richard Brodeur	1982	103	108	0.954	0.142	32.60%	161	175	0.92	0.123	65.00%	167	180	0.928	0.129	56.00%	463	54.00%
Billy Smith	1982	105	113	0.929	0.122	58.00%	131	151	0.868	0.138	96.00%	113	122	0.926	0.154	47.90%	386	69.70%
Andy Moog	1983	77	86	0.895	0.122	85.80%	144	157	0.917	0.14	59.10%	110	121	0.909	0.133	68.40%	364	68.50%
Billy Smith	1983	62	68	0.912	0.125	70.60%	106	116	0.914	0.134	64.30%	161	182	0.885	0.133	86.80%	366	76.60%
Grant Fuhr	1984	107	114	0.939	0.132	46.50%	197	221	0.891	0.121	89.70%	71	76	0.934	0.136	48.40%	411	70.10%
Billy Smith	1984	130	142	0.915	0.123	68.70%	132	145	0.91	0.122	73.50%	129	141	0.915	0.125	68.10%	428	70.10%
Pelle Lindbergh	1985	92	102	0.902	0.124	79.10%	117	126	0.929	0.143	50.00%	151	163	0.926	0.133	55.40%	391	59.80%
Grant Fuhr	1985	99	106	0.934	0.133	49.70%	105	116	0.905	0.141	67.30%	141	165	0.855	0.129	112.80%	387	81.80%
Patrick Roy	1986	72	78	0.923	0.126	61.10%	145	157	0.924	0.14	54.60%	135	144	0.938	0.11	56.80%	379	56.80%
Mike Vernon	1986	84	92	0.913	0.116	75.00%	147	164	0.896	0.161	64.40%	172	193	0.891	0.12	90.70%	449	77.90%
Ron Hextall	1987	158	170	0.929	0.124	56.90%	169	185	0.914	0.113	76.50%	167	188	0.888	0.124	90.10%	543	75.10%
Grant Fuhr	1987	78	89	0.876	0.129	95.80%	98	107	0.916	0.114	73.80%	97	107	0.907	0.12	77.90%	303	81.70%
Reggie Lemelin	1988	95	109	0.872	0.118	108.80%	99	104	0.952	0.124	38.80%	142	160	0.888	0.123	91.50%	373	81.90%
Grant Fuhr	1988	126	142	0.887	0.116	97.10%	103	114	0.904	0.149	64.80%	106	122	0.869	0.143	91.70%	378	85.60%
Patrick Roy	1989	95	102	0.931	0.122	56.30%	97	107	0.907	0.115	81.30%	125	133	0.94	0.129	46.60%	342	60.30%
Mike Vernon	1989	166	183	0.907	0.103	90.20%	84	95	0.884	0.149	77.70%	105	113	0.929	0.113	62.70%	391	79.20%
Andy Moog	1990	124	135	0.919	0.121	67.30%	125	136	0.919	0.116	69.70%	88	94	0.936	0.117	54.60%	365	64.90%
Bill Ranford	1990	186	207	0.899	0.123	82.50%	127	137	0.927	0.143	51.00%	151	171	0.883	0.12	97.50%	515	79.10%
Tom Barrasso	1991	151	168	0.899	0.109	92.80%	97	100	0.97	0.109	27.50%	157	175	0.897	0.119	86.40%	443	75.60%
Jon Casey	1991	122	135	0.904	0.111	86.80%	158	174	0.908	0.122	75.40%	99	110	0.9	0.123	81.30%	419	80.60%
Ed Belfour	1992	116	130	0.892	0.117	92.00%	96	102	0.941	0.129	45.60%	70	78	0.897	0.133	77.10%	310	73.00%
Tom Barrasso	1992	163	186	0.876	0.133	93.00%	187	205	0.912	0.122	72.00%	115	122	0.943	0.101	56.80%	513	76.00%
Patrick Roy	1993	190	203	0.936	0.139	46.10%	130	142	0.915	0.125	67.60%	137	147	0.932	0.129	52.70%	492	54.30%
Kelly Hrudey	1993	77	93	0.828	0.122	141.00%	148	168	0.881	0.13	91.60%	195	218	0.894	0.113	93.40%	479	102.00%
Kirk McLean	1994	203	222	0.914	0.114	75.10%	171	182	0.94	0.112	54.00%	160	169	0.947	0.111	48.00%	573	60.40%
Mike Richter	1994	87	90	0.967	0.112	29.80%	114	126	0.905	0.106	89.80%	179	194	0.923	0.115	67.20%	410	66.00%
Martin Brodeur	1995	126	131	0.962	0.091	41.90%	132	140	0.943	0.129	44.30%	103	117	0.88	0.114	105.00%	388	61.80%
Mike Vernon	1995	104	114	0.912	0.089	98.60%	55	61	0.902	0.112	87.80%	88	99	0.889	0.106	104.80%	274	98.40%
John Vanbiesbrouck	1996	163	177	0.921	0.099	79.90%	204	215	0.949	0.111	46.10%	210	224	0.938	0.137	45.60%	616	55.60%
Patrick Roy	1996	139	156	0.891	0.112	97.30%	159	173	0.919	0.122	66.30%	153	169	0.905	0.123	77.00%	498	79.60%
Mike Vernon	1997	133	145	0.917	0.098	84.40%	123	131	0.939	0.105	58.20%	100	110	0.909	0.106	85.80%	386	75.90%
Garth Snow	1997	126	139	0.906	0.118	79.30%	93	103	0.903	0.113	85.90%	29	35	0.829	0.102	168.10%	277	93.00%
Olaf Kolzig	1998	226	239	0.946	0.099	54.90%	161	168	0.958	0.08	52.10%	159	170	0.935	0.097	66.70%	577	57.60%
Chris Osgood	1998	138	156	0.885	0.099	116.60%	158	171	0.924	0.116	65.50%	152	162	0.938	0.11	56.10%	489	78.70%
Dominik Hasek	1999	156	162	0.963	0.095	39.00%	134	146	0.918	0.095	86.50%	75	81	0.926	0.116	63.90%	389	62.00%
Ed Belfour	1999	86	93	0.925	0.096	78.40%	163	175	0.931	0.096	71.40%	182	197	0.924	0.104	73.20%	465	73.60%
Ed Belfour	2000	102	113	0.903	0.098	99.30%	126	133	0.947	0.1	52.60%	191	204	0.936	0.106	60.10%	450	67.80%
Martin Brodeur	2000	98	104	0.942	0.111	52.00%	108	117	0.923	0.114	67.50%	154	169	0.911	0.095	93.40%	390	74.60%
Patrick Roy	2001	79	88	0.898	0.098	104.40%	165	175	0.943	0.11	51.90%	170	181	0.939	0.1	60.80%	444	65.90%
Martin Brodeur	2001	106	114	0.93	0.096	73.10%	130	148	0.878	0.102	119.20%	92	99	0.929	0.117	60.40%	361	88.50%
Arturs Irbe	2002	79	86	0.919	0.084	96.90%	71	75	0.947	0.099	53.90%	152	158	0.962	0.106	35.80%	319	56.50%
Dominik Hasek	2002	131	146	0.897	0.109	94.30%	118	128	0.922	0.095	82.20%	155	168	0.923	0.094	82.30%	442	86.20%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2003	165	171	0.965	0.11	31.90%	189	202	0.936	0.099	65.00%	122	123	0.992	0.095	8.60%	496	39.60%
Martin Brodeur	2003	126	134	0.94	0.093	64.20%	129	137	0.942	0.091	64.20%	178	191	0.932	0.108	63.00%	462	63.70%
Nikolai Khabibulin	2004	137	141	0.972	0.101	28.10%	126	133	0.947	0.092	57.20%	162	179	0.905	0.095	100.00%	453	65.00%
Miikka Kiprusoff	2004	190	206	0.922	0.099	78.50%	176	187	0.941	0.103	57.10%	136	147	0.925	0.095	78.80%	540	71.10%
Dwayne Roloson	2006	221	238	0.929	0.108	66.10%	163	175	0.931	0.107	64.10%	170	182	0.934	0.097	68.00%	595	66.10%
Cam Ward	2006	125	133	0.94	0.098	61.40%	100	109	0.917	0.097	85.10%	128	142	0.901	0.11	89.60%	384	78.60%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2007	30	31	0.968	0.093	34.70%	147	155	0.948	0.09	57.30%	149	164	0.909	0.091	100.50%	350	75.60%
Ray Emery	2007	100	110	0.909	0.113	80.50%	137	148	0.926	0.088	84.50%	113	123	0.919	0.123	66.10%	381	77.40%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2008	107	112	0.955	0.104	42.90%	133	144	0.924	0.079	96.70%	124	132	0.939	0.104	58.30%	388	68.10%
Chris Osgood	2008	53	54	0.981	0.094	19.70%	96	105	0.914	0.095	90.20%	119	129	0.922	0.108	71.80%	288	68.70%
Chris Osgood	2009	103	110	0.936	0.093	68.40%	176	193	0.912	0.096	91.80%	138	148	0.932	0.097	69.70%	451	78.80%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2009	178	193	0.922	0.107	72.60%	158	180	0.878	0.098	124.70%	109	118	0.924	0.088	86.70%	491	95.10%
Antti Niemi	2010	151	164	0.921	0.087	91.10%	150	167	0.898	0.106	96.00%	129	136	0.949	0.099	52.00%	467	81.50%
Tim Thomas	2011	212	229	0.926	0.082	90.50%	142	149	0.953	0.098	47.90%	206	225	0.916	0.093	90.80%	603	80.10%
Roberto Luongo	2011	158	175	0.903	0.096	101.20%	153	164	0.933	0.09	74.50%	176	189	0.931	0.086	80.00%	528	85.30%
Jonathan Quick	2012	164	172	0.953	0.093	50.00%	96	102	0.941	0.082	71.70%	124	132	0.939	0.086	70.50%	406	62.10%
Martin Brodeur	2012	166	180	0.922	0.081	96.00%	123	134	0.918	0.098	83.80%	153	165	0.927	0.095	76.60%	479	85.90%
Tuukka Rask	2013	216	234	0.923	0.115	66.90%	147	157	0.936	0.085	74.90%	134	136	0.985	0.113	13.00%	527	55.40%
Corey Crawford	2013	132	139	0.95	0.085	59.20%	184	198	0.929	0.084	84.20%	127	137	0.927	0.092	79.30%	474	75.50%
Henrik Lundqvist	2014	158	172	0.919	0.094	86.60%	204	217	0.94	0.099	60.50%	142	154	0.922	0.09	86.60%	543	76.20%
Jonathan Quick	2014	222	243	0.914	0.084	102.90%	163	178	0.916	0.102	82.60%	184	207	0.889	0.096	115.70%	628	101.40%
Ben Bishop	2015	153	166	0.922	0.095	82.40%	156	166	0.94	0.092	65.50%	174	193	0.902	0.096	102.50%	525	84.50%
Corey Crawford	2015	51	60	0.85	0.086	174.40%	124	131	0.947	0.09	59.40%	243	264	0.92	0.093	85.50%	455	89.70%
Matt Murray	2016	85	89	0.955	0.1	44.90%	187	202	0.926	0.099	75.00%	132	146	0.904	0.093	103.10%	437	78.30%
Martin Jones	2016	114	125	0.912	0.085	103.50%	200	217	0.922	0.089	88.00%	126	137	0.92	0.089	90.20%	479	92.70%
Pekka Rinne	2017	123	126	0.976	0.096	24.80%	151	162	0.932	0.1	67.90%	172	186	0.925	0.091	82.70%	474	62.30%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2017	181	194	0.933	0.097	69.10%	211	229	0.921	0.105	74.90%	61	67	0.91	0.084	106.60%	490	76.90%

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Rounds 2-4 from Four-Round Goaltenders
This category takes the entire list of Four-Round Goaltenders and isolates the final 3 rounds, removing performance in the Conference Quarterfinals. This presents a comparable sample size to the Three-Round Goaltenders, while emphasizing the error rate vs. expectation for what are arguably the more important rounds. Again, this is presented as a comparable sample size to the Three-Round Goaltenders. Also included is Michael Leighton from the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers, who did not play in the first round.

Player	Year	R2 SV	R2 SA	R2 SV%	R2 OPP	R2 EvE	R3 SV	R3 SA	R3 SV%	R3 OPP	R3 EvE	R4 SV	R4 SA	R4 SV%	R4 OPP	R4 EvE	SA	EvE
John Davidson	1979	146	154	0.948	0.111	46.80%	139	152	0.914	0.156	54.80%	142	161	0.882	0.131	90.10%	467	64.30%
Pete Peeters	1980	136	143	0.951	0.129	37.90%	30	36	0.833	0.124	134.40%	137	157	0.873	0.127	100.30%	336	77.40%
Billy Smith	1980	140	154	0.909	0.139	65.40%	136	149	0.913	0.136	64.20%	160	183	0.874	0.121	103.90%	486	79.50%
Gilles Meloche	1981	118	132	0.894	0.133	79.70%	137	151	0.907	0.152	61.00%	39	51	0.765	0.147	160.10%	334	83.50%
Billy Smith	1981	106	121	0.876	0.137	90.50%	86	94	0.915	0.127	67.00%	125	141	0.887	0.113	100.40%	356	88.20%
Richard Brodeur	1982	161	175	0.92	0.123	65.00%	167	180	0.928	0.129	56.00%	114	131	0.87	0.156	83.20%	486	66.60%
Billy Smith	1982	131	151	0.868	0.138	96.00%	113	122	0.926	0.154	47.90%	102	112	0.911	0.118	75.70%	385	74.80%
Billy Smith	1983	106	116	0.914	0.134	64.30%	161	182	0.885	0.133	86.80%	122	128	0.953	0.159	29.50%	426	63.40%
Andy Moog	1983	144	157	0.917	0.14	59.10%	110	121	0.909	0.133	68.40%	86	101	0.851	0.124	119.80%	379	78.20%
Billy Smith	1984	132	145	0.91	0.122	73.50%	129	141	0.915	0.125	68.10%	122	139	0.878	0.171	71.50%	425	71.10%
Grant Fuhr	1984	197	221	0.891	0.121	89.70%	71	76	0.934	0.136	48.40%	76	84	0.905	0.147	64.80%	381	76.00%
Pelle Lindbergh	1985	117	126	0.929	0.143	50.00%	151	163	0.926	0.133	55.40%	85	96	0.885	0.155	73.90%	385	58.20%
Grant Fuhr	1985	105	116	0.905	0.141	67.30%	141	165	0.855	0.129	112.80%	120	133	0.902	0.132	74.00%	414	87.60%
Patrick Roy	1986	145	157	0.924	0.14	54.60%	135	144	0.938	0.11	56.80%	113	125	0.904	0.128	75.00%	426	61.30%
Mike Vernon	1986	147	164	0.896	0.161	64.40%	172	193	0.891	0.12	90.70%	118	132	0.894	0.14	75.80%	489	77.80%
Grant Fuhr	1987	98	107	0.916	0.114	73.80%	97	107	0.907	0.12	77.90%	189	206	0.917	0.129	64.00%	420	70.00%
Ron Hextall	1987	169	185	0.914	0.113	76.50%	167	188	0.888	0.124	90.10%	204	226	0.903	0.158	61.60%	599	75.20%
Reggie Lemelin	1988	99	104	0.952	0.124	38.80%	142	160	0.888	0.123	91.50%	47	55	0.855	0.155	93.80%	319	74.70%
Grant Fuhr	1988	103	114	0.904	0.149	64.80%	106	122	0.869	0.143	91.70%	80	92	0.87	0.116	112.40%	328	88.20%
Patrick Roy	1989	97	107	0.907	0.115	81.30%	125	133	0.94	0.129	46.60%	167	184	0.908	0.128	72.20%	424	66.50%
Mike Vernon	1989	84	95	0.884	0.149	77.70%	105	113	0.929	0.113	62.70%	142	158	0.899	0.128	79.10%	366	73.70%
Bill Ranford	1990	127	137	0.927	0.143	51.00%	151	171	0.883	0.12	97.50%	148	156	0.949	0.111	46.20%	464	66.50%
Andy Moog	1990	125	136	0.919	0.116	69.70%	88	94	0.936	0.117	54.60%	103	119	0.866	0.14	96.00%	349	74.60%
Tom Barrasso	1991	97	100	0.97	0.109	27.50%	157	175	0.897	0.119	86.40%	173	186	0.93	0.1	69.90%	461	67.00%
Jon Casey	1991	158	174	0.908	0.122	75.40%	99	110	0.9	0.123	81.30%	131	152	0.862	0.142	97.30%	436	84.50%
Ed Belfour	1992	96	102	0.941	0.129	45.60%	70	78	0.897	0.133	77.10%	77	88	0.875	0.135	92.60%	268	70.20%
Tom Barrasso	1992	187	205	0.912	0.122	72.00%	115	122	0.943	0.101	56.80%	99	109	0.908	0.097	94.60%	436	73.40%
Patrick Roy	1993	130	142	0.915	0.125	67.60%	137	147	0.932	0.129	52.70%	144	155	0.929	0.118	60.10%	444	60.10%
Kelly Hrudey	1993	148	168	0.881	0.13	91.60%	195	218	0.894	0.113	93.40%	162	177	0.915	0.122	69.50%	563	85.30%
Kirk McLean	1994	171	182	0.94	0.112	54.00%	160	169	0.947	0.111	48.00%	227	247	0.919	0.104	77.90%	598	62.10%
Mike Richter	1994	114	126	0.905	0.106	89.80%	179	194	0.923	0.115	67.20%	194	213	0.911	0.106	84.20%	533	79.30%
Martin Brodeur	1995	132	140	0.943	0.129	44.30%	103	117	0.88	0.114	105.00%	68	75	0.907	0.115	81.20%	332	74.00%
Mike Vernon	1995	55	61	0.902	0.112	87.80%	88	99	0.889	0.106	104.80%	82	96	0.854	0.094	155.10%	256	119.60%
John Vanbiesbrouck	1996	204	215	0.949	0.111	46.10%	210	224	0.938	0.137	45.60%	108	119	0.908	0.123	75.20%	558	52.10%
Patrick Roy	1996	159	173	0.919	0.122	66.30%	153	169	0.905	0.123	77.00%	147	151	0.974	0.107	24.80%	493	57.20%
Mike Vernon	1997	123	131	0.939	0.105	58.20%	100	110	0.909	0.106	85.80%	102	108	0.944	0.104	53.40%	349	65.40%
Garth Snow	1997	93	103	0.903	0.113	85.90%	29	35	0.829	0.102	168.10%	24	28	0.857	0.093	153.60%	166	114.70%
Chris Osgood	1998	158	171	0.924	0.116	65.50%	152	162	0.938	0.11	56.10%	92	99	0.929	0.098	72.20%	432	63.50%
Olaf Kolzig	1998	161	168	0.958	0.08	52.10%	159	170	0.935	0.097	66.70%	150	163	0.92	0.099	80.60%	501	66.30%
Dominik Hasek	1999	134	146	0.918	0.095	86.50%	75	81	0.926	0.116	63.90%	186	198	0.939	0.104	58.30%	425	69.00%
Ed Belfour	1999	163	175	0.931	0.096	71.40%	182	197	0.924	0.104	73.20%	143	152	0.941	0.096	61.70%	524	69.30%
Ed Belfour	2000	126	133	0.947	0.1	52.60%	191	204	0.936	0.106	60.10%	187	201	0.93	0.092	75.70%	538	64.10%
Martin Brodeur	2000	108	117	0.923	0.114	67.50%	154	169	0.911	0.095	93.40%	138	147	0.939	0.101	60.60%	433	75.30%
Patrick Roy	2001	165	175	0.943	0.11	51.90%	170	181	0.939	0.1	60.80%	167	178	0.938	0.114	54.20%	534	55.70%
Martin Brodeur	2001	130	148	0.878	0.102	119.20%	92	99	0.929	0.117	60.40%	127	146	0.87	0.113	115.20%	393	102.90%
Arturs Irbe	2002	71	75	0.947	0.099	53.90%	152	158	0.962	0.106	35.80%	148	161	0.919	0.099	81.60%	394	57.90%
Dominik Hasek	2002	118	128	0.922	0.095	82.20%	155	168	0.923	0.094	82.30%	113	120	0.942	0.092	63.40%	416	76.80%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2003	189	202	0.936	0.099	65.00%	122	123	0.992	0.095	8.60%	183	201	0.91	0.083	107.90%	526	68.20%
Martin Brodeur	2003	129	137	0.942	0.091	64.20%	178	191	0.932	0.108	63.00%	148	160	0.925	0.09	83.30%	488	70.00%
Miikka Kiprusoff	2004	176	187	0.941	0.103	57.10%	136	147	0.925	0.095	78.80%	157	170	0.924	0.1	76.50%	504	70.00%
Nikolai Khabibulin	2004	126	133	0.947	0.092	57.20%	162	179	0.905	0.095	100.00%	157	171	0.918	0.089	92.00%	483	85.40%
Dwayne Roloson	2006	163	175	0.931	0.107	64.10%	170	182	0.934	0.097	68.00%	19	23	0.826	0.112	155.30%	380	71.50%
Cam Ward	2006	100	109	0.917	0.097	85.10%	128	142	0.901	0.11	89.60%	184	200	0.92	0.102	78.40%	451	83.60%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2007	147	155	0.948	0.09	57.30%	149	164	0.909	0.091	100.50%	90	101	0.891	0.108	100.80%	420	84.70%
Ray Emery	2007	137	148	0.926	0.088	84.50%	113	123	0.919	0.123	66.10%	108	124	0.871	0.098	131.70%	395	93.60%
Chris Osgood	2008	96	105	0.914	0.095	90.20%	119	129	0.922	0.108	71.80%	132	142	0.93	0.106	66.40%	376	74.90%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2008	133	144	0.924	0.079	96.70%	124	132	0.939	0.104	58.30%	205	222	0.923	0.089	86.00%	498	81.80%
Chris Osgood	2009	176	193	0.912	0.096	91.80%	138	148	0.932	0.097	69.70%	173	186	0.93	0.108	64.70%	527	76.00%
Marc-Andre Fleury	2009	158	180	0.878	0.098	124.70%	109	118	0.924	0.088	86.70%	178	195	0.913	0.097	89.90%	493	101.80%
Michael Leighton	2010	66	70	0.943	0.075	76.20%	133	140	0.95	0.09	55.60%	141	161	0.876	0.094	132.20%	371	92.70%
Antti Niemi	2010	150	167	0.898	0.106	96.00%	129	136	0.949	0.099	52.00%	157	178	0.882	0.09	131.10%	481	96.60%
Tim Thomas	2011	142	149	0.953	0.098	47.90%	206	225	0.916	0.093	90.80%	238	246	0.967	0.098	33.20%	620	57.60%
Roberto Luongo	2011	153	164	0.933	0.09	74.50%	176	189	0.931	0.086	80.00%	163	183	0.891	0.091	120.10%	536	92.00%
Jonathan Quick	2012	96	102	0.941	0.082	71.70%	124	132	0.939	0.086	70.50%	125	132	0.947	0.096	55.20%	366	65.30%
Martin Brodeur	2012	123	134	0.918	0.098	83.80%	153	165	0.927	0.095	76.60%	135	150	0.9	0.075	133.30%	449	97.70%
Tuukka Rask	2013	147	157	0.936	0.085	74.90%	134	136	0.985	0.113	13.00%	218	234	0.932	0.1	68.40%	527	56.00%
Corey Crawford	2013	184	198	0.929	0.084	84.20%	127	137	0.927	0.092	79.30%	185	200	0.925	0.082	91.50%	535	85.70%
Henrik Lundqvist	2014	204	217	0.94	0.099	60.50%	142	154	0.922	0.09	86.60%	179	194	0.923	0.076	101.70%	565	81.80%
Jonathan Quick	2014	163	178	0.916	0.102	82.60%	184	207	0.889	0.096	115.70%	136	146	0.932	0.079	86.70%	531	96.70%
Corey Crawford	2015	124	131	0.947	0.09	59.40%	243	264	0.92	0.093	85.50%	151	161	0.938	0.107	58.00%	556	71.40%
Ben Bishop	2015	156	166	0.94	0.092	65.50%	174	193	0.902	0.096	102.50%	133	144	0.924	0.079	96.70%	503	88.60%
Martin Jones	2016	200	217	0.922	0.089	88.00%	126	137	0.92	0.089	90.20%	191	205	0.932	0.089	76.70%	559	84.40%
Matt Murray	2016	187	202	0.926	0.099	75.00%	132	146	0.904	0.093	103.10%	127	138	0.92	0.095	83.90%	486	86.00%
Pekka Rinne	2017	151	162	0.932	0.1	67.90%	172	186	0.925	0.091	82.70%	111	125	0.888	0.101	110.90%	473	85.10%

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Limitations include the typical caveats for Save Percentage statistics, including shot counting, variance in shot difficulty, and anchor games (in which a goaltender's statistics in a series are weighed down by 1-2 bad games more than they are bolstered by 4-5 great games). Also the regular season shooting percentage used for the expectation number does not have ENG scoring removed, which would unfortunately require reading 70-82 box scores for every opponent of every goaltender. Not an impossible task, but one that would require the sacrifice hundreds of hours of research and probably my marriage.

Statistics this time were compiled entirely from Hockey-Reference, and there were slight differences in some rounds compared to previous presentations of the error rate vs. expectation statistic.

Top Round 3 Performances, 1968-2017
1. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 2003 (8.6% on 123 shots)
2. Tuukka Rask, 2013 (13.0% on 136 shots)
3. Rogie Vachon, 1969 (29.8% on 107 shots)
4. Arturs Irbe, 2002 (35.8% on 158 shots)
5. John Vanbiesbrouck, 1996 (45.6% on 224 shots)
6. Patrick Roy, 1989 (46.6% on 133 shots)
7. Billy Smith, 1982 (47.9% on 122 shots)
8. Kirk McLean, 1994 (48.0% on 169 shots)
9. Grant Fuhr, 1984 (48.4% on 76 shots)
10. Greg Stefan, 1987 (49.1% on 129 shots)


Top Round 4 Performances, 1980-2017
1. Patrick Roy, 1996 (24.8% on 151 shots)
2. Billy Smith, 1983 (29.5% on 128 shots)
3. Tim Thomas, 2011 (33.2% on 246 shots)
4. Bill Ranford, 1990 (46.2% on 156 shots)
5. Mike Vernon, 1997 (53.4% on 108 shots)
6. Patrick Roy, 2001 (54.2% on 178 shots)
7. Jonathan Quick, 2012 (55.2% on 132 shots)
8. Corey Crawford, 2015 (58.0% on 161 shots)
9. Dominik Hasek, 1999 (58.3% on 198 shots)
10. Patrick Roy, 1993 (60.1% on 155 shots)


Top Round 1-3 Performances, 1968-2017
1. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 2003 (39.6% on 496 shots)
2. John Davidson, 1979 (46.0% on 374 shots)
3. Rogie Vachon, 1969 (46.8% on 257 shots)
4. Richard Brodeur, 1982 (54.0% on 463 shots)
5. Patrick Roy, 1993 (54.3% on 492 shots)
6. Ilya Bryzgalov, 2006 (54.5% on 285 shots)
7. Tuukka Rask, 2013 (55.4% on 527 shots)
8. John Vanbiesbrouck, 1996 (55.6% on 616 shots)
9. Arturs Irbe, 2002 (56.5% on 319 shots)
10. Patrick Roy, 1986 (56.8% on 379 shots)


Top Round 2-4 Performances, 1980-2017
1. John Vanbiesbrouck, 1996 (52.1% on 558 shots)
2. Patrick Roy, 2001 (55.7% on 534 shots)
3. Tuukka Rask, 2013 (56.0% on 527 shots)
4. Patrick Roy, 1996 (57.2% on 493 shots)
5. Tim Thomas, 2011 (57.6% on 620 shots)
6. Arturs Irbe, 2002 (57.9% on 394 shots)
7. Pelle Lindbergh, 1985 (58.2% on 385 shots)
8. Patrick Roy, 1993 (60.1% on 444 shots)
9. Patrick Roy, 1986 (61.3% on 426 shots)
10. Kirk McLean, 1994 (62.1% on 598 shots)


Top Four-Round Performances, 1975-2017
1. Patrick Roy, 1993 (55.7% on 647 shots)
2. John Vanbiesbrouck, 1996 (58.8% on 735 shots)
3. John Davidson, 1979 (59.2% on 535 shots)
4. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 2003 (59.3% on 697 shots)
5. Tuukka Rask, 2013 (59.4% on 761 shots)
6. Richard Brodeur, 1982 (60.4% on 594 shots)
7. Jonathan Quick, 2012 (60.4% on 538 shots)
8. Dominik Hasek, 1999 (60.7% on 587 shots)
9. Patrick Roy, 1986 (61.3% on 504 shots)
10. Patrick Roy, 2001 (62.6% on 622 shots)​

 

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More on EvE, GvE, and TvE:


The purpose of this section is to provide two lists based on the post-1967 statistical record:

• The worst scoring playoff teams to win the Stanley Cup (GvE)
• The playoff teams most reliant on a goaltending to win the Stanley Cup (TvE)

To create these lists, I will be looking at performance vs. expectation. If you're unfamiliar with EvE, GvE, and TvE; here is a brief overview, using the example of the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals:


Error Rate vs. Expectation (EvE)

John Vanbiesbrouck allows 14 goals on 224 shots (14/224=.063) in a playoff series against a Pittsburgh Penguins team that scores 362 goals on 2645 shots (362/2645=.137) in the regular season. John Vanbiesbrouck allows 45.7% (.063/.137) of what a goaltender would be expected to allow against the Pittsburgh Penguins. John Vanbiesbrouck's EvE is 45.7 in this playoff series.


Goals vs. Expectation (GvE)

The Florida Panthers score 20 goals of support against the Pittsburgh Penguins' two goaltenders in this series over the goaltenders' combined 418 minutes (418/60=6.97 games) for a total of 2.87 goals-per-game. The Pittsburgh Penguins' goaltenders allow 275 goals in their combined 4931 minutes (4931/60=82.18) in the regular season for a total of 3.35 goals-allowed-average. The Florida Panthers score 85.8% (2.87/3.35) of what a team would be expected to score against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Florida Panthers' GvE is 85.8 in this playoff series.


Threshold vs. Expectation (TvE)

The Florida Panthers score 20 goals of support against the Pittsburgh Penguins' two goaltenders in this series while allowing 224 shots. In order to break even, the Florida Panthers could allow 20 goals on these 224 shots (20/224=.089) against a Pittsburgh Penguins team that scores 362 goals on 2645 shots (362/2645=.137) in the regular season. The Florida Panthers need to allow only 65.2% (.089/.137) of what a team would be expected to allow against the Pittsburgh Penguins in order to reach the threshold. The Florida Panthers' TvE is 65.2 in this playoff series.


I will only be looking at GvE and TvE in this section. GvE weighted each round by minutes will provide us with the first list: the worst scoring Stanley Cup Champions (performance through four rounds, 1980-2017; performance through three rounds, 1968-1979). TvE weighted each round by shots against will provide us with the second list: the teams most reliant on a goaltending performance to win the Stanley Cup (performance through four rounds, 1980-2017; performance through three rounds, 1968-1979).

Important caveats. While empty net goals are removed from the calculation of playoff goal support, they are not removed from the calculation of regular season shooting percentage. If there comes a point when regular season GF minus ENGs becomes more readily available, I will gladly tweak the calculation to reflect this data. As of now, this would require thumbing through every box score of every regular season game for every team since 1967. Also to the extent that shots allowed is affected by goaltending performance or occurring in the state of New Jersey, I have made no subjective adjustment.

Most important caveat. GvE and TvE look at the series as a whole, rather than a series of individual games in a race for four victories.


Lowest Scoring Stanley Cup Champions
(Goals vs. Expectation, 1968-2017)

Rank	Year	Team	Total GvE	R1 GvE	R2 GvE	R3 GvE	R4 GvE
#1	1986	Montreal	75.34	95.54	57.49	85.80	77.74
#2	1993	Montreal	85.60	84.13	106.51	83.59	72.24
#3	1975	Philadelphia	95.99	97.23	94.78	96.55
#4	2006	Carolina	99.31	80.44	119.93	110.67	90.29
#5	1974	Philadelphia	99.62	137.62	89.44	86.01
#6	1999	Dallas	101.27	83.61	103.53	129.99	82.13
#7	2003	New Jersey	101.33	78.48	98.32	106.67	114.31
#8	1989	Calgary	102.04	118.01	127.47	65.69	97.30
#9	1997	Detroit	103.40	77.64	89.28	104.68	159.27
#10	1982	New York	105.19	104.49	109.40	93.48	111.76
#11	2004	Tampa Bay	106.90	86.23	143.62	124.69	84.32
#12	2013	Chicago	106.95	118.63	96.13	110.91	105.87
#13	1994	New York	107.84	178.94	130.68	79.35	85.90
#14	2007	Anaheim	107.95	101.40	102.66	103.82	126.21
#15	2009	Pittsburgh	108.88	92.82	130.55	170.03	65.91
#16	2000	New Jersey	109.31	122.33	96.14	124.46	98.44
#17	2015	Chicago	109.62	120.67	120.92	108.02	91.35
#18	1969	Montreal	110.59	139.71	78.87	134.24
#19	1979	Montreal	110.62	138.21	99.27	102.79
#20	2001	Colorado	111.64	134.69	81.03	128.16	118.09
#21	1987	Edmonton	112.88	152.22	121.02	79.65	104.03
#22	1995	New Jersey	114.03	98.02	87.66	123.20	155.89
#23	1990	Edmonton	114.27	94.50	140.89	116.31	118.70
#24	1992	Pittsburgh	116.85	93.92	123.01	131.89	132.01
#25	1991	Pittsburgh	117.86	92.43	106.24	131.75	143.99
#26	2012	Los Angeles	118.05	97.94	184.64	108.27	100.61
#27	1984	Edmonton	121.60	132.66	115.04	126.17	120.63
#28	1996	Colorado	122.20	123.38	111.47	139.77	113.99
#29	2011	Boston	122.32	88.00	169.45	105.77	147.90
#30	2016	Pittsburgh	123.44	156.08	115.14	129.23	98.92
#31	2017	Pittsburgh	124.79	173.53	132.85	91.57	114.89
#32	2014	Los Angeles	125.66	144.72	104.91	141.20	109.08
#33	2002	Detroit	127.70	136.59	122.47	156.95	86.65
#34	2010	Chicago	127.71	103.61	137.47	117.45	148.63
#35	1978	Montreal	127.76	146.50	140.91	104.78
#36	1980	New York	129.90	133.91	125.09	127.29	134.02
#37	1976	Montreal	130.07	102.39	146.73	136.98
#38	1968	Montreal	130.45	132.07	147.69	107.35
#39	1977	Montreal	132.45	132.42	132.23	132.81
#40	1988	Edmonton	133.16	132.53	117.91	127.10	157.31
#41	2008	Detroit	136.06	142.57	213.31	121.02	100.19
#42	1998	Detroit	136.30	150.08	134.45	127.86	131.66
#43	1981	New York	137.58	147.74	115.07	142.39	155.04
#44	1983	New York	139.51	130.98	133.60	178.57	97.90
#45	1971	Montreal	141.23	152.56	157.40	117.15
#46	1973	Montreal	141.24	120.06	108.53	191.02
#47	1985	Edmonton	143.24	83.40	123.39	193.42	136.06
#48	1972	Boston	154.39	139.01	217.56	124.85
#49	1970	Boston	197.84	175.97	215.40	212.60

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Teams Most Reliant on Goaltending to Win the Stanley Cup
(Threshold vs. Expectation, 1968-2017

Rank	Year	Team	Total TvE	R1 TvE	R2 TvE	R3 TvE	R4 TvE
#1	1993	Montreal	78.52	64.32	89.84	84.67	81.74
#2	1986	Montreal	87.19	101.45	68.00	94.72	93.73
#3	1974	Philadelphia	90.24	176.77	75.83	58.99
#4	2015	Chicago	90.44	95.13	93.29	93.92	75.69
#5	2011	Boston	96.41	85.35	122.93	96.08	90.96
#6	1969	Montreal	97.28	151.30	61.35	109.91
#7	2017	Pittsburgh	97.50	106.01	79.31	103.18	105.57
#8	2004	Tampa Bay	98.73	77.06	132.59	107.43	85.45
#9	2003	New Jersey	99.76	84.54	111.76	82.64	122.93
#10	2001	Colorado	100.50	173.59	83.01	88.54	93.72
#11	2007	Anaheim	101.43	82.53	100.10	92.15	146.84
#12	1999	Dallas	101.65	123.22	95.25	112.31	82.00
#13	2006	Carolina	103.09	92.06	131.57	109.93	88.27
#14	1971	Montreal	104.01	77.98	173.82	76.54
#15	1996	Colorado	104.31	134.22	99.60	91.60	92.45
#16	2013	Chicago	105.99	134.81	89.85	111.63	98.08
#17	1975	Philadelphia	106.07	149.67	101.37	85.92
#18	1992	Pittsburgh	106.25	81.88	88.03	145.57	141.68
#19	2016	Pittsburgh	106.26	123.69	80.17	120.49	106.63
#20	1997	Detroit	107.38	89.28	94.42	111.71	142.96
#21	2000	New Jersey	107.74	103.94	112.62	112.13	101.51
#22	1991	Pittsburgh	107.82	85.23	90.79	124.82	132.61
#23	2012	Los Angeles	108.41	68.54	155.42	113.91	118.53
#24	1980	New York	108.52	169.48	88.95	84.80	114.40
#25	2009	Pittsburgh	108.52	77.83	153.81	163.30	65.70
#26	1976	Montreal	108.65	109.39	94.17	131.05
#27	1983	New York	111.07	113.25	133.00	116.57	73.66
#28	1990	Edmonton	111.27	94.54	117.77	122.14	115.83
#29	1994	New York	112.47	217.66	145.86	70.97	88.34
#30	1984	Edmonton	112.82	120.00	105.65	130.82	103.62
#31	1973	Montreal	114.01	85.29	103.58	165.12
#32	1989	Calgary	116.49	131.12	148.45	109.67	84.30
#33	2014	Los Angeles	116.68	111.08	97.14	130.66	130.54
#34	1982	New York	116.88	127.49	119.67	90.26	128.65
#35	1998	Detroit	117.71	155.77	105.68	84.18	133.41
#36	1979	Montreal	118.78	133.73	93.68	144.25
#37	2010	Chicago	119.26	112.76	116.80	89.33	150.46
#38	1987	Edmonton	121.13	191.33	131.47	101.54	82.99
#39	1995	New Jersey	121.55	109.23	82.87	147.23	174.56
#40	2002	Detroit	124.63	131.72	104.85	139.11	117.17
#41	1985	Edmonton	132.80	70.96	120.54	196.27	113.73
#42	2008	Detroit	134.50	112.06	209.73	121.61	113.18
#43	1978	Montreal	135.10	177.44	164.90	85.12
#44	1988	Edmonton	137.69	151.40	106.03	120.55	178.50
#45	1968	Montreal	140.76	134.73	138.47	151.82
#46	1977	Montreal	141.96	172.29	123.62	132.56
#47	1972	Boston	157.01	145.37	267.68	89.67
#48	1981	New York	157.92	189.44	125.73	184.46	157.08
#49	1970	Boston	161.27	128.63	170.83	221.34

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Reminder: none of the above charts is a reflection of goaltending performance itself - only the demand placed on the goaltenders relative to goal support and shots allowed (TvE).


The 1970 Boston Bruins placed the least amount of pressure on their goaltending in order to win the Stanley Cup, and all three of their series ranked in the top-10 highest scoring (vs. expectation) series from a post-expansion Stanley Cup Champion.

• 217.56 - 1972 Boston (vs. St. Louis)
• 215.40 - 1970 Boston (vs. Chicago)
• 213.31 - 2008 Detroit (vs. Colorado)
• 212.60 - 1970 Boston (vs. St. Louis)
• 193.42 - 1985 Edmonton (vs. Chicago)
• 191.02 - 1973 Montreal (vs. Chicago)
• 178.57 - 1983 New York (vs. Boston)
• 184.64 - 2012 Los Angeles (vs. St. Louis)
• 178.94 - 1994 New York (vs. New York)
• 175.97 - 1970 Boston (vs. New York)

The 1986 Montreal Canadiens were easily the worst scoring Stanley Cup Champion of the post-expansion era, but due to their shot prevention and opposition strength, the 1993 Montreal Canadiens still had the more difficult threshold. Two of the 1986 Montreal Canadiens' series ranked in the top-10 least productive (vs. expectation) series from a post-expansion Stanley Cup Champion.

• 57.49 - 1986 Montreal (vs. Hartford)
• 65.69 - 1989 Calgary (vs. Chicago)
• 65.91 - 2009 Pittsburgh (vs. Detroit)
• 72.24 - 1993 Montreal (vs. Los Angeles)
• 77.64 - 1997 Detroit (vs. St. Louis)
• 77.74 - 1986 Montreal (vs. Calgary)
• 78.48 - 2003 New Jersey (vs. Boston)
• 78.87 - 1969 Montreal (vs. Boston)
• 79.35 - 1994 New York (vs. New Jersey)
• 79.65 - 1987 Edmonton (vs. Detroit)

The 1993 Montreal Canadiens and the 2015 Chicago Blackhawks are the only two Stanley Cup Champions in the post-expansion era to have had a Threshold vs. Expectation (TvE) that necessitated an above-average goaltending performance in all four series.

The 1994 New York Rangers are the only team to have individual series that rank in both the top-10 highest AND lowest scoring (vs. expectation).


The purpose of this next section is to provide two more lists based on the four-round era statistical record:

• The worst scoring Stanley Cup Finalists through three rounds (GvE)
• The playoff teams most reliant on a goaltending to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals (TvE)

To create these lists, I will be looking at performance vs. expectation. If you're unfamiliar with EvE, GvE, and TvE; explanations can be found on the above section.

Essentially, GvE looks at Goals Scored vs. Expectation (a percentage of how many goals a team scores vs. what a league average team would be expected to score against the same opponent in the same number of minutes) while TvE looks at Threshold vs. Expectation (a percentage of how many goals a team can allow to have an even goal differential vs. what a league average team would be expected to allow against the same opponent while facing the same number of shots).

I will only be looking at GvE and TvE in this thread. GvE weighted each round by minutes will provide us with the first list: the worst scoring Stanley Cup Finalists (performance through three rounds, 1979-2017). TvE weighted each round by shots against will provide us with the second list: the teams most reliant on a goaltending performance to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals (performance through three rounds, 1979-2017).

Important caveats. While empty net goals are removed from the calculation of playoff goal support, they are not removed from the calculation of regular season shooting percentage. If there comes a point when regular season GF minus ENGs becomes more readily available, I will gladly tweak the calculation to reflect this data. As of now, this would require thumbing through every box score of every regular season game for every team since 1967. Also to the extent that shots allowed is affected by goaltending performance or occurring in the state of New Jersey, I have made no subjective adjustment.

Most important caveat. GvE and TvE look at the series as a whole, rather than a series of individual games in a race for four victories.

Mostest important caveat. Teams aren't actually "carried" to the Stanley Cup Finals. It takes a team effort to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, though in some cases, teams have been more reliant upon goaltending than others.


Lowest Scoring Stanley Cup Finalists
Performance in Rounds 1-3
(Goals vs. Expectation, 1979-2017)

Rank	Year	Team	1-3 GvE	R1 GvE	R2 GvE	R3 GvE
#1	1986	Montreal	74.55	95.54	57.49	85.80
#2	1982	Vancouver	77.76	73.48	83.38	75.06
#3	1985	Philadelphia	86.52	107.45	78.74	82.23
#4	1993	Montreal	89.84	84.13	106.51	83.59
#5	2002	Carolina	89.86	65.47	142.94	63.74
#6	1997	Detroit	90.58	77.64	89.28	104.68
#7	1984	New York	91.20	69.35	128.09	78.56
#8	2003	Anaheim	92.97	86.45	95.86	95.27
#9	2003	New Jersey	96.23	78.48	98.32	106.67
#10	2004	Calgary	97.36	102.28	78.70	110.16
#11	1989	Montreal	97.37	117.56	99.43	81.21
#12	1986	Calgary	100.63	105.78	90.45	108.41
#13	1987	Philadelphia	100.73	90.15	88.41	125.14
#14	1996	Florida	100.79	138.00	88.33	85.79
#15	1990	Boston	101.07	99.17	104.50	100.15
#16	1994	Vancouver	101.63	100.44	110.63	95.07
#17	2000	Dallas	102.13	111.37	120.01	83.36
#18	2006	Carolina	102.71	80.44	119.93	110.67
#19	2007	Anaheim	102.73	101.40	102.66	103.82
#20	1982	New York	103.37	104.49	109.40	93.48
#21	2012	New Jersey	103.86	96.18	114.07	104.40
#22	1989	Calgary	103.90	118.01	127.47	65.69
#23	1995	New Jersey	103.93	98.02	87.66	123.20
#24	2011	Vancouver	104.29	87.01	86.41	149.40
#25	1998	Washington	104.40	88.77	140.91	93.30
#26	2014	New York	105.84	97.76	83.10	141.45
#27	2006	Edmonton	106.46	108.69	102.11	109.26
#28	2017	Nashville	106.79	113.75	98.51	109.77
#29	2013	Chicago	107.39	118.63	96.13	110.91
#30	1999	Dallas	108.66	83.61	103.53	129.99
#31	2001	Colorado	109.01	134.69	81.03	128.16
#32	1991	Pittsburgh	109.39	92.43	106.24	131.75
#33	1988	Boston	110.03	119.72	96.19	111.43
#34	2007	Ottawa	111.58	129.43	118.13	89.45
#35	1990	Edmonton	112.76	94.50	140.89	116.31
#36	2011	Boston	112.81	88.00	169.45	105.77
#37	1992	Pittsburgh	113.31	93.92	123.01	131.89
#38	2000	New Jersey	113.96	122.33	96.14	124.46
#39	2015	Chicago	115.24	120.67	120.92	108.02
#40	2015	Tampa Bay	115.31	89.23	118.87	138.25
#41	1992	Chicago	115.46	113.37	89.48	143.97
#42	1994	New York	117.03	178.94	130.68	79.35
#43	2004	Tampa Bay	117.39	86.23	143.62	124.69
#44	1987	Edmonton	117.40	152.22	121.02	79.65
#45	1980	Philadelphia	117.59	86.80	83.71	173.27
#46	2013	Boston	118.94	113.61	134.68	109.00
#47	2010	Chicago	119.75	103.61	137.47	117.45
#48	2001	New Jersey	120.67	127.06	120.22	113.61
#49	1984	Edmonton	121.94	132.66	115.04	126.17
#50	1999	Buffalo	124.13	126.90	127.02	118.17
#51	1996	Colorado	124.19	123.38	111.47	139.77
#52	2012	Los Angeles	125.84	97.94	184.64	108.27
#53	2009	Pittsburgh	125.95	92.82	130.55	170.03
#54	2009	Detroit	126.32	165.73	95.32	141.84
#55	1988	Edmonton	126.37	132.53	117.91	127.10
#56	2017	Pittsburgh	127.80	173.53	132.85	91.57
#57	2016	San Jose	128.08	136.38	114.53	139.30
#58	2008	Pittsburgh	128.25	124.33	124.65	135.04
#59	1980	New York	128.27	133.91	125.09	127.29
#60	2010	Philadelphia	128.48	135.40	131.59	116.93
#61	1993	Los Angeles	128.48	163.78	118.92	107.98
#62	1991	Minnesota	128.52	147.53	115.26	121.30
#63	2014	Los Angeles	130.34	144.72	104.91	141.20
#64	1995	Detroit	130.43	125.24	186.77	96.39
#65	1981	New York	130.91	147.74	115.07	142.39
#66	2016	Pittsburgh	131.76	156.08	115.14	129.23
#67	1979	New York	133.48	120.72	169.49	109.12
#68	1981	Minnesota	133.81	184.58	131.57	109.83
#69	1997	Philadelphia	134.18	111.59	147.09	143.60
#70	1998	Detroit	137.36	150.08	134.45	127.86
#71	2002	Detroit	140.95	136.59	122.47	156.95
#72	1985	Edmonton	145.97	83.40	123.39	193.42
#73	1983	New York	149.86	130.98	133.60	178.57
#74	2008	Detroit	153.56	142.57	213.31	121.02
#75	1983	Edmonton	167.31	115.10	178.91	191.64

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Teams Most Reliant on Goaltending to Advance to the Stanley Cup Finals
Performance in Rounds 1-3
(Threshold vs. Expectation, 1979-2017)

Rank	Year	Team	1-3 TvE	R1 TvE	R2 TvE	R3 TvE
#1	2003	Anaheim	65.04	53.07	67.75	77.09
#2	1993	Montreal	77.52	64.32	89.84	84.67
#3	1996	Florida	78.65	117.77	58.42	65.24
#4	1982	Vancouver	78.74	65.26	88.55	77.29
#5	1998	Washington	82.17	59.11	118.48	78.72
#6	2006	Edmonton	82.25	70.25	101.73	79.22
#7	2004	Calgary	82.30	88.46	57.30	105.02
#8	2002	Carolina	82.87	54.49	147.38	59.45
#9	1986	Montreal	85.04	101.45	68.00	94.72
#10	1985	Philadelphia	85.20	110.64	74.44	78.59
#11	1994	Vancouver	85.28	90.57	83.54	80.20
#12	2013	Boston	88.45	78.23	112.45	78.32
#13	1984	New York	89.25	69.97	102.13	96.66
#14	2003	New Jersey	91.73	84.54	111.76	82.64
#15	2007	Anaheim	91.83	82.53	100.10	92.15
#16	2017	Nashville	93.20	99.52	86.42	94.82
#17	2015	Chicago	94.24	95.13	93.29	93.92
#18	2000	Dallas	94.32	126.63	112.68	64.45
#19	1999	Buffalo	95.00	77.58	109.82	98.85
#20	2017	Pittsburgh	95.25	106.01	79.31	103.18
#21	2011	Vancouver	95.72	77.51	87.90	123.33
#22	1987	Philadelphia	96.30	95.53	100.90	92.58
#23	1981	Minnesota	97.79	125.67	92.31	86.07
#24	1997	Detroit	97.93	89.28	94.42	111.71
#25	2011	Boston	98.64	85.35	122.93	96.08
#26	2015	Tampa Bay	98.72	95.02	90.89	109.32
#27	1992	Pittsburgh	98.95	81.88	88.03	145.57
#28	1991	Pittsburgh	98.99	85.23	90.79	124.82
#29	2014	New York	100.23	108.68	65.42	137.63
#30	1993	Los Angeles	102.09	125.99	91.59	89.39
#31	2001	Colorado	103.22	173.59	83.01	88.54
#32	2004	Tampa Bay	103.85	77.06	132.59	107.43
#33	1986	Calgary	103.99	140.60	74.94	116.50
#34	2012	Los Angeles	105.12	68.54	155.42	113.91
#35	1989	Montreal	105.81	114.75	103.70	99.26
#36	2012	New Jersey	105.83	114.59	121.29	82.98
#37	1980	New York	105.93	169.48	88.95	84.80
#38	2016	Pittsburgh	106.16	123.69	80.17	120.49
#39	1990	Boston	106.38	108.82	95.28	117.89
#40	2010	Chicago	107.44	112.76	116.80	89.33
#41	1996	Colorado	107.89	134.22	99.60	91.60
#42	1999	Dallas	108.07	123.22	95.25	112.31
#43	1980	Philadelphia	109.18	107.69	75.20	141.56
#44	2013	Chicago	109.33	134.81	89.85	111.63
#45	2006	Carolina	109.34	92.06	131.57	109.93
#46	1990	Edmonton	109.88	94.54	117.77	122.14
#47	2000	New Jersey	110.09	103.94	112.62	112.13
#48	1979	New York	111.26	109.69	146.68	76.08
#49	1995	New Jersey	111.36	109.23	82.87	147.23
#50	2014	Los Angeles	113.49	111.08	97.14	130.66
#51	2007	Ottawa	113.66	145.01	108.09	92.32
#52	1982	New York	113.70	127.49	119.67	90.26
#53	1998	Detroit	114.54	155.77	105.68	84.18
#54	1984	Edmonton	115.37	120.00	105.65	130.82
#55	1991	Minnesota	116.70	131.42	98.15	123.88
#56	1983	New York	121.08	113.25	133.00	116.57
#57	1988	Boston	122.33	139.89	84.67	134.59
#58	1992	Chicago	123.63	111.93	83.51	202.33
#59	1994	New York	124.51	217.66	145.86	70.97
#60	2008	Pittsburgh	124.62	119.72	122.31	131.30
#61	2009	Detroit	125.52	166.49	108.02	118.31
#62	2009	Pittsburgh	126.22	77.83	153.81	163.30
#63	1997	Philadelphia	126.56	109.69	124.99	146.59
#64	2002	Detroit	126.65	131.72	104.85	139.11
#65	1988	Edmonton	127.76	151.40	106.03	120.55
#66	2016	San Jose	128.83	141.26	113.47	141.21
#67	1989	Calgary	129.18	131.12	148.45	109.67
#68	2010	Philadelphia	130.72	127.44	140.25	119.69
#69	1985	Edmonton	139.30	70.96	120.54	196.27
#70	2008	Detroit	142.53	112.06	209.73	121.61
#71	1987	Edmonton	144.24	191.33	131.47	101.54
#72	1983	Edmonton	151.60	132.90	158.83	155.51
#73	2001	New Jersey	155.12	183.47	139.20	146.30
#74	1981	New York	158.26	189.44	125.73	184.46
#75	1995	Detroit	182.87	166.67	351.35	108.26

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Reminder: none of the above charts is a reflection of goaltending performance itself - only the demand placed on the goaltenders relative to goal support and shots allowed (TvE).


The 1995 Detroit Red Wings placed the least amount of pressure on their goaltending in order to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, in large part due to a Conference Semifinals series in which they scored 24 goals on the San Jose Sharks' goaltenders while allowing just 61 shots. This series ranked as the easiest threshold (vs. expectation) from a post-expansion Stanley Cup Finalist.

• 351.35 - 1995 Detroit (vs. San Jose)
• 217.66 - 1994 New York (vs. New York)
• 202.33 - 1992 Chicago (vs. Edmonton)
• 196.27 - 1985 Edmonton (vs. Chicago)
• 191.33 - 1987 Edmonton (vs. Los Angeles)
• 189.44 - 1981 New York (vs. Toronto)
• 184.46 - 1981 New York (vs. New York)
• 183.47 - 2001 New Jersey (vs. Carolina)
• 173.59 - 2001 Colorado (vs. Vancouver)
• 169.48 - 1980 New York (vs. Los Angeles)

The 2003 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim faced the most difficult threshold (vs. expectation) of any team on their way to the Stanley Cup Finals in the four-round era, as well as the most difficult single series. The 1996 Florida Panthers and 2002 Carolina Hurricanes had two series each that ranked among the top-10 most difficult thresholds, though in the case of the 2002 Carolina Hurricanes, their victory against the New Jersey Devils saw them win the series in spite of not reaching the threshold, getting outscored 11 goals to 9.

• 53.07 - 2003 Anaheim (vs. Detroit)
• 54.49 - 2002 Carolina (vs. New Jersey)
• 57.30 - 2004 Calgary (vs. Detroit)
• 58.42 - 1996 Florida (vs. Philadelphia)
• 59.11 - 1998 Washington (vs. Boston)
• 59.45 - 2002 Carolina (vs. Toronto)
• 64.32 - 1993 Montreal (vs. Quebec)
• 64.45 - 2000 Dallas (vs. Colorado)
• 65.24 - 1996 Florida (vs. Pittsburgh)
• 65.26 - 1982 Vancouver (vs. Calgary)

Of the teams that faced the top-10 most difficult thresholds (vs. expectation) on the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, only two went on to win the Stanley Cup: the 1986 Montreal Canadiens and 1993 Montreal Canadiens. For most Cinderella teams, the clock does indeed strike midnight.

Back-to-back Conference Quarterfinals from the Carolina Hurricanes and New Jersey Devils in 2001 and 2002 provide one of the top-10 easiest thresholds (in New Jersey's favor) and one of the top-10 most difficult thresholds (that Carolina needed to overcome).

The 2003 Stanley Cup Finals saw two of the ten lowest scoring Stanley Cup Finalists (vs. expectation) face each other.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Interesting stuff. Tends to jive reasonably well with my memories, but a few surprises. 2011 Boston being simultaneously strong offensively yet heavily reliant on Thomas is a bit paradoxical. The strange nature of the final series is likely the cause. The Bruins lost two 1-0 games in a series in which they scored 23 goals. From a goaltending perspective, two games were un-winnable. Four were almost un-loseable.

Surprised that 2006 Carolina rates as one of the lower scoring champions. That team had a lot of firepower and never seemed to be struggling for goals. I would guess that Edmonton's artificially bad save percentage rating plays a roll (putrid regular season save% pre-Roloson)...but then again, as luck would have it, they faced Markkanen in the Final anyway.

A couple long OT games can skew things for a team. A win in triple OT is still just one win in a series...but the goaltender is almost getting credit for an additional shutout, but one that is only possible because his team is unable to score themselves. 2015 Chicago leaned on Crawford and Darling in all those long OT games, but ranking as the 4th-most goaltender reliant Cup winner seems to overstate things.

 

[BM67]

Year-by-Year Data

1930-31 thru 1934-35
1930-31 Goalie Stats
1931-32 Goalie Stats
1932-33 Goalie Stats
1933-34 Goalie Stats
1934-35 Goalie Stats
(discussions preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

I've restored the charts for the 1930-31 thread.

 

[BM67]

Year-by-Year Data

1930-31 thru 1934-35
1930-31 Goalie Stats
1931-32 Goalie Stats
1932-33 Goalie Stats
1933-34 Goalie Stats
1934-35 Goalie Stats
(discussions preserved, but the charts were lost in software transition)

I've restored the charts for all 5 threads.

Here are the yearly SV% totals for the games with shot totals:

Regular Season

Season	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	Shots	Saves	SV%	ShO	SOG/60	H GP	H Min	H W	H L	H T/OT	H GA	H GAA	H Shots	H Saves	H SV%	H ShO	H SOG/60	R GP	R Min	R W	R L	R T/OT	R GA	R GAA	R Shots	R Saves	R SV%	R ShO	R SOG/60
1930-31	NHL	230	14300:00	97	97	36	537	2.25	7449	6912	0.928	32	31.25	117	7150:00	51	46	18	244	2.05	3562	3318	0.931	14	29.89	116	7150:00	46	51	18	293	2.46	3887	3594	0.925	18	32.62
1931-32	NHL	132	8320:00	51	51	30	292	2.11	4370	4078	0.933	19	31.51	66	4160:00	34	17	15	121	1.75	2011	1890	0.940	13	29.00	66	4160:00	17	34	15	171	2.47	2359	2188	0.928	6	34.02
1932-33	NHL	246	15340:00	105	105	36	588	2.30	8123	7535	0.928	35	31.77	124	7670:00	73	32	18	251	1.96	3772	3521	0.933	23	29.51	125	7670:00	32	73	18	337	2.64	4351	4014	0.923	12	34.04
1933-34	NHL	364	22878:00	150	150	64	899	2.36	11608	10709	0.923	42	30.44	183	11438:00	98	52	32	386	2.02	5484	5098	0.930	26	28.76	184	11440:00	52	98	32	513	2.69	6124	5611	0.916	16	32.12
1934-35	NHL	374	23140:00	164	164	46	946	2.45	11946	11000	0.921	49	30.97	188	11570:00	93	71	23	439	2.28	5700	5261	0.923	28	29.56	187	11570:00	71	93	23	507	2.63	6246	5739	0.919	21	32.39
Total	NHL	1346	83978:00	567	567	212	3262	2.33	43496	40234	0.925	177	31.08	678	41988:00	349	218	106	1441	2.06	20529	19088	0.930	104	29.34	678	41990:00	218	349	106	1821	2.60	22967	21146	0.921	73	32.82

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Playoffs

Playoffs	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	Shots	Saves	SV%	ShO	SOG/60	H GP	H Min	H W	H L	H T/OT	H GA	H GAA	H Shots	H Saves	H SV%	H ShO	H SOG/60	R GP	R Min	R W	R L	R T/OT	R GA	R GAA	R Shots	R Saves	R SV%	R ShO	R SOG/60
1931	NHL	14	889:40	6	6	2	21	1.42	468	447	0.955	3	31.56	7	444:50	4	2	1	7	0.94	192	185	0.964	2	25.90	7	444:50	2	4	1	14	1.89	276	262	0.949	1	37.23
1932	NHL	22	1355:58	10	10	2	60	2.65	810	750	0.926	3	35.84	11	677:59	8	2	1	25	2.21	357	332	0.930	3	31.59	11	677:59	2	8	1	35	3.10	453	418	0.923	0	40.09
1933	NHL	30	2092:02	14	14	2	61	1.75	1122	1061	0.946	5	32.18	15	1046:01	8	6	1	27	1.55	491	464	0.945	2	28.16	15	1046:01	6	8	1	34	1.95	631	597	0.946	3	36.19
1934	NHL	30	1927:08	13	13	4	57	1.77	963	906	0.941	5	29.98	15	963:34	3	10	2	38	2.37	459	421	0.917	3	28.58	15	963:34	10	3	2	19	1.18	504	485	0.962	2	31.38
1935	NHL	26	1649:06	10	10	6	44	1.60	836	792	0.947	6	30.42	13	824:33	5	5	3	21	1.53	417	396	0.950	3	30.34	13	824:33	5	5	3	23	1.67	439	416	0.948	3	31.94
Total	NHL	122	7913:54	53	53	16	243	1.84	4199	3956	0.942	22	31.84	61	3956:57	28	25	8	118	1.79	1916	1798	0.938	13	29.05	61	3956:57	25	28	8	125	1.90	2303	2178	0.946	9	34.92

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[DN28]

I've restored the charts for all 5 threads.

Here are the yearly SV% totals for the games with shot totals:

Regular Season

Season	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	Shots	Saves	SV%	ShO	SOG/60	H GP	H Min	H W	H L	H T/OT	H GA	H GAA	H Shots	H Saves	H SV%	H ShO	H SOG/60	R GP	R Min	R W	R L	R T/OT	R GA	R GAA	R Shots	R Saves	R SV%	R ShO	R SOG/60
1930-31	NHL	230	14300:00	97	97	36	537	2.25	7449	6912	0.928	32	31.25	117	7150:00:00	51	46	18	244	2.05	3562	3318	0.931	14	29.89	116	7150:00:00	46	51	18	293	2.46	3887	3594	0.925	18	32.62
1931-32	NHL	132	8320:00:00	51	51	30	292	2.11	4370	4078	0.933	19	31.51	66	4160:00:00	34	17	15	121	1.75	2011	1890	0.940	13	29.00	66	4160:00:00	17	34	15	171	2.47	2359	2188	0.928	6	34.02
1932-33	NHL	246	15340:00	105	105	36	588	2.30	8123	7535	0.928	35	31.77	124	7670:00:00	73	32	18	251	1.96	3772	3521	0.933	23	29.51	125	7670:00:00	32	73	18	337	2.64	4351	4014	0.923	12	34.04
1933-34	NHL	364	22878:00	150	150	64	899	2.36	11608	10709	0.923	42	30.44	183	11438:00	98	52	32	386	2.02	5484	5098	0.930	26	28.76	184	11440:00	52	98	32	513	2.69	6124	5611	0.916	16	32.12
1934-35	NHL	374	23140:00	164	164	46	946	2.45	11946	11000	0.921	49	30.97	188	11570:00	93	71	23	439	2.28	5700	5261	0.923	28	29.56	187	11570:00	71	93	23	507	2.63	6246	5739	0.919	21	32.39
Total	NHL	1346	83978:00	567	567	212	3262	2.33	43496	40234	0.925	177	31.08	678	41988:00	349	218	106	1441	2.06	20529	19088	0.930	104	29.34	678	41990:00	218	349	106	1821	2.60	22967	21146	0.921	73	32.82

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Playoffs

Playoffs	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	Shots	Saves	SV%	ShO	SOG/60	H GP	H Min	H W	H L	H T/OT	H GA	H GAA	H Shots	H Saves	H SV%	H ShO	H SOG/60	R GP	R Min	R W	R L	R T/OT	R GA	R GAA	R Shots	R Saves	R SV%	R ShO	R SOG/60
1931	NHL	14	889:40:00	6	6	2	21	1.42	468	447	0.955	3	31.56	7	444:50:00	4	2	1	7	0.94	192	185	0.964	2	25.90	7	444:50:00	2	4	1	14	1.89	276	262	0.949	1	37.23
1932	NHL	22	1355:58:00	10	10	2	60	2.65	810	750	0.926	3	35.84	11	677:59:00	8	2	1	25	2.21	357	332	0.930	3	31.59	11	677:59:00	2	8	1	35	3.10	453	418	0.923	0	40.09
1933	NHL	30	2092:02:00	14	14	2	61	1.75	1122	1061	0.946	5	32.18	15	1046:01:00	8	6	1	27	1.55	491	464	0.945	2	28.16	15	1046:01:00	6	8	1	34	1.95	631	597	0.946	3	36.19
1934	NHL	30	1927:08:00	13	13	4	57	1.77	963	906	0.941	5	29.98	15	963:34:00	3	10	2	38	2.37	459	421	0.917	3	28.58	15	963:34:00	10	3	2	19	1.18	504	485	0.962	2	31.38
1935	NHL	26	1649:06:00	10	10	6	44	1.60	836	792	0.947	6	30.42	13	824:33:00	5	5	3	21	1.53	417	396	0.950	3	30.34	13	824:33:00	5	5	3	23	1.67	439	416	0.948	3	31.94
Total	NHL	122	7913:54:00	53	53	16	243	1.84	4199	3956	0.942	22	31.84	61	3956:57:00	28	25	8	118	1.79	1916	1798	0.938	13	29.05	61	3956:57:00	25	28	8	125	1.90	2303	2178	0.946	9	34.92

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This has tremendous historical value. Thank you for posting all this!

Are there also any SV% data from 1936 till 1952? Do you have these numbers (no matter how incomplete)?

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I know it was a different time, but imagine if a goalie now put up those ridiculous save percentages. Those numbers are just mind boggling

 

[BM67]

Here are the saves by period of the of the five longest OT games in NHL history:

03/24/36 DET 1 at MTM 0 6OT 116:30 Smith 90 Chabot 67 8-9 12-12 15-8 5-5 10-6 13-7 13-5 6-7 8-7

04/03/33 BOS 0 at TOR 1 6OT 104:46 Thompson 112? Chabot 93 12-9 20-5 11-15 8-8 19-12 12-12 15-15 14-13 ?-4

05/04/2000 PHI 2 at PIT 1 5OT 92:01 Boucher 57 Tugnutt 70 5-9 8-12 5-7 6-8 7-7 9-13 9-10 8-4

08/11/2020 CBJ 2 at TBL 3 (at TOR) 5OT 90:27 Korpisalo 85 Vasilevskiy 61 13-5 13-9 13-10 12-8 6-10 14-8 14-8 0-3

04/24/2003 ANA 4 @ DAL 3 5OT 80:48 Giguere 60 Turco 50 3-9 7-9 10-6 5-8 12-6 17-7 6-5 0-0

 

[Doctor No]

Is 89 now considered the best estimate for Normie Smith's effort? I thought it was 92 (and was hoping Korpisalo would pass him just so that I wouldn't have to be "that guy" when everyone was calling Korpisalo the all-time leader instead of "the leader since shots data was official", which admittedly is a bit wordier).

 

[BM67]

I've seen 92 as well, but the papers I've looked at have 89-91, 66-67 for the save totals. After further review, I should change it to 90, adding a save in the 5th OT, by majority rules.

 

[ted2019]

I'm not sure if this helps a little or at all, but is a website that I use sometimes. Here is the 1922-23 Hamilton Tigers player stats..
https://www.justsportsstats.com/hockeystatsindex.php?teamstats=HAM&year=1922
It has Jake Forbes as the Goaltender and his stats are the following.
GP: 24
Minutes: 1470
Wins: 6
Losses: 18
GA: 110
GAA: 4.49

 

[Doctor No]

I'm not sure if this helps a little or at all, but is a website that I use sometimes. Here is the 1922-23 Hamilton Tigers player stats..
https://www.justsportsstats.com/hockeystatsindex.php?teamstats=HAM&year=1922
It has Jake Forbes as the Goaltender and his stats are the following.
GP: 24
Minutes: 1470
Wins: 6
Losses: 18
GA: 110
GAA: 4.49

Here's all of Forbes' numbers: Jake Forbes

His real name was "Vernon Vivian Forbes", for whatever it's worth.

 

[ted2019]

Here's all of Forbes' numbers: Jake Forbes

His real name was "Vernon Vivian Forbes", for whatever it's worth.

Thanks. I've been trying to find saves from the years 1917 to 1925/26. Haven't been successful.

 

[Michael Farkas]

I've seen 92 as well, but the papers I've looked at have 89-91, 66-67 for the save totals. After further review, I should change it to 90, adding a save in the 5th OT, by majority rules.

Is 89 now considered the best estimate for Normie Smith's effort? I thought it was 92 (and was hoping Korpisalo would pass him just so that I wouldn't have to be "that guy" when everyone was calling Korpisalo the all-time leader instead of "the leader since shots data was official", which admittedly is a bit wordier).

Did yous see this already...? Not sure if it might help...

 

[Doctor No]

Mucho gracias, Mike! I saw it but too late. Dave's fantastic - if we're going to go unofficial (and we must), then it may as well be 90.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Did yous see this already...? Not sure if it might help...

Baldy Northcott with a 17-shot game... and somehow that’s not a record because Bourque took 19 in a regular season game.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Did yous see this already...? Not sure if it might help...

Anybody know why Smith’s 90 and not Thompson’s 112 is taken as the record?

Victor Jones, who was the Globe’s correspondent for the Bruins, has the saves from 4/3/33 as 113-96 in favor of the Leafs. He noted 43 regulation saves for Thompson, meaning the Leafs took 71 shots in the 6 OT periods, which doesn’t sound exaggerated.

Looks like @BM67 found a different source that says the save count was 112-93. Either way, those would stand as #1 and #2 all time if we’re accepting unofficial records.

Edit: just found a period-by-period breakdown. Check the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix from April 4th. It accords with Jones’ 43 in regulation, and has 111 saves through 5 OTs. It doesn’t give saves for the 6th OT, so either there were no saves at all or (IMO more likely) they were cut off. We can reconstruct the total if we assume Jones had seen a complete tally which had shots in the 6th OT as 3-2 in Boston’s favor, including the goal that went in.

 

[BM67]

Anybody know why Smith’s 90 and not Thompson’s 112 is taken as the record?

Victor Jones, who was the Globe’s correspondent for the Bruins, has the saves from 4/3/33 as 113-96 in favor of the Leafs. He noted 43 regulation saves for Thompson, meaning the Leafs took 71 shots in the 6 OT periods, which doesn’t sound exaggerated.

Looks like @BM67 found a different source that says the save count was 112-93. Either way, those would stand as #1 and #2 all time if we’re accepting unofficial records.

Edit: just found a period-by-period breakdown. Check the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix from April 4th. It accords with Jones’ 43 in regulation, and has 111 saves through 5 OTs. It doesn’t give saves for the 6th OT, so either there were no saves at all or (IMO more likely) they were cut off. We can reconstruct the total if we assume Jones had seen a complete tally which had shots in the 6th OT as 3-2 in Boston’s favor, including the goal that went in.

There are several papers in the Google archives that give a period by period saves record, that leave off the final period (Montreal Gazette, Calgary Daily Herald, Regina Leader Post). The Border City Star is mostly unreadable, but what can be read agrees with the others, with the addition of a final total of 93 for Chabot.

I believe it was a Toronto paper that at the time had a free online archive, but is now pay-walled, that gave me the last period 4 saves for Chabot, but the number for Thompson was unreadable as it was cut off by the edge of the page.

 

[tarheelhockey]

There are several papers in the Google archives that give a period by period saves record, that leave off the final period (Montreal Gazette, Calgary Daily Herald, Regina Leader Post). The Border City Star is mostly unreadable, but what can be read agrees with the others, with the addition of a final total of 93 for Chabot.

By the sounds of things, those papers were re-printing the box score through syndication. If the final period was cut off by the wire service, then everyone was getting the same incomplete material.

It makes sense that this might have happened for this game in particular. It was nearly 2am when the game ended, and some morning editions missed the result altogether. One can imagine the game ending and an AP/CP reporter rushing to get the result and box score out ASAP in order to get it into as many papers as possible. The minor detail of how many saves happened in the 6th OT wouldn't have been worth the wait, from their perspective.

Is this incomplete box score the reason Normie Smith gets mentioned rather than Tiny Thompson? If so, what a capricious turn of fate for poor Tiny. He'd have been better off letting in a goal late in the 4th OT than posting another 30 minutes of shutout.

I believe it was a Toronto paper that at the time had a free online archive, but is now pay-walled, that gave me the last period 4 saves for Chabot, but the number for Thompson was unreadable as it was cut off by the edge of the page.

Ugh, how frustrating is that??

 

[ted2019]

Stuff like this is why this is definitely by far the best section of this board.